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STEPHEN EUGENE BREINER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordStephen Eugene Breiner, of Decatur, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGR SUP CO I STRENGR BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Decatur, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 42W, Line 5
- DENNIS LEE GILESSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
- ALLEN WADE INGRAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- KENNETH HENRY MASHLYKINPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ALAN H MINTONCorporal · September 24, 1968
From Decatur
- FLOYD EUGENE DOADESPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWIN ALLISONPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- DUANE GERALD LANDISHospitalman · August 27, 1969
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.