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STEPHEN HOWARD GRAVROCK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 2, 1947 – July 23, 1972
Service recordStephen Howard Gravrock, of Fullerton, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 23, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 58
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1972; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 58
- LEE WAYNE BILLINGSLYCaptain · July 22, 1972
- JAMES RICHARD LAYTONSergeant · July 22, 1972
- GLENN EDWARD NOWAKOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 1972
- JOHN ALBERT SPIRESCaptain · July 22, 1972
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
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.