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STEPHEN DUANE SPARKS SR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1944 – September 11, 1968
Service recordStephen Duane Sparks SR, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 30
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44W, Line 30
- PHILLIP EDWARD SLAUGHTERPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- CURTIS ORAN SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1968
- THOMAS DAVID SMITHSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.