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STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1948 – February 10, 1968
Service recordStephen Darrell Mazza, of Carmichael, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Carmichael, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 70
- BOBBY DANIEL MATHENYStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- JOHN JAMES MCELROYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- WILLIE B MCNEILLSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- HOWARD LEROY PAINTERPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
From Carmichael
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 1970
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.