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STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHART
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1945 – December 23, 1966
Service recordStephen Ernest Dukehart, of Gardena, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 74
- BROWNIE HALLStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- JOHN STERLING HALLLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIAM KERNSPrivate · December 23, 1966
- ANTONE PERRY JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1966
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS YBARRAPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
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.