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STEPHEN CRAIG MORELAND
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 16, 1943 – May 12, 1968
Service recordStephen Craig Moreland, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 9
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 774 TAC ALFT SQ
- Born
- February 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “774 TAC ALFT SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 59E, Line 9
- JOHN LEE MCELROYMajor · May 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY NUBERLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK MONROE HEPLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 4
- GEORGE WENDELL LONGAirman First Class · Panel 59E, Line 7
- JOHN LEE MCELROYMajor · Panel 59E, Line 9
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.