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STEPHEN DOUGLAS BOARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – March 29, 1969
Service recordStephen Douglas Board, of Belle, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 78
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Belle, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 78
- PAUL JOSEPH BAKERCorporal · March 29, 1969
- TERRY JOE BARNHOLDTSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- ROBERT DAVID BENGTSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY FRANKLIN PERKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 84
- KENNETH HENRY VISINTINCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 87
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.