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STEPHEN ELLIS SLOCUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 6, 1949 – July 24, 1971
Service recordStephen Ellis Slocum, of Thermopolis, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 113
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Thermopolis, Wyoming (Hot Springs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 113
- RANDALL DAVID DALTONSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
- RONALD NELIONAL GOODWINSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
- MARVIN BLAIR STUART JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
- CHARLES RICKEY HARRISSergeant · July 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD NELIONAL GOODWINSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 113
- MARVIN BLAIR STUART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 113
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DONOVANSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 114
From Thermopolis
- EDWARD LESTER LAWTONCorporal · September 27, 1968
- WILLIAM T MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · March 12, 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.