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STEPHEN H GAYMON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1946 – June 3, 1966
Service recordStephen H Gaymon, of Corcoran, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Corcoran, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 5
- HARDING EUGENE SMITH SRColonel · June 3, 1966
- ERVIN WARRENChief Master Sergeant · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- EDGAR BROWER BURCHELL IIICorporal · June 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 2
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 5
From Corcoran
- JULIAN MARINPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- CORNEALUS PUMPHREY JRStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- JOSE GILBERT BARRERAPrivate First Class · November 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.