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STEPHEN FRANKLIN JUMPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – November 6, 1967
Service recordStephen Franklin Jumper, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 31
- LINWOOD CALVIN CORBETTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- CLARENCE JACKSONCorporal · November 6, 1967
- SHERMAN LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- EMORY LEE JORGENSENSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH LEE AVERYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 27
- ROBERT LESTER CARTERCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 28
- JERRY L HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 30
- BRUCE CHARLES LEISINGPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 32
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 32
- MARTIN FREDERICK STERUDPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 36
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.