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STEPHEN GEORGE WASSENICH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1947 – June 27, 1967
Service recordStephen George Wassenich, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 74
- JAMES STEPHEN STASSIPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WALKERCorporal · June 27, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIE WALLERSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- JONATHAN CHARLE WHITTICOMLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.