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STEPHEN EDWARD CRIST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 11, 1949 – September 19, 1969
Service recordStephen Edward Crist, of Conneaut, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Conneaut, Ohio (Ashtabula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 112
- JOHN WAYNE TRACYStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1969
- CORDIS RAY WHITESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- RICHARD GEORGE BOUCHARDCorporal · September 19, 1969
- TERRY LEE CHARLESPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 114
From Conneaut
- THOMAS RICHARD GRANTSecond Lieutenant · January 28, 1966
- DAVID ROY THOMASLance Corporal · August 10, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS MCKIETHANSpecialist Five · June 27, 1971
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.