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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Stephen Henry Warner.

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STEPHEN HENRY WARNER

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

February 21, 1946 – February 14, 1971

Service record

Stephen Henry Warner, of Skillman, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 5W · Line 104

Position of Panel 5W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Journalist (71Q)
Unit (as recorded)
5 INF DIV MECH
Born
February 21, 1946
Home of record
Skillman, New Jersey (Somerset County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 14, 1971
Age
24
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 5W, Line 104

Same unit, same day

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.