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STEPHEN JAMES HARBER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1948 – July 2, 1970
Service recordStephen James Harber, of Fairmont, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on July 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 111
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairmont, Minnesota (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 2, 1970
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 111
- DARYL ROBERT GROTHAUSSpecialist Five · July 2, 1970
- THOMAS HAYDEN HERNDONSergeant · July 2, 1970
- THOMAS THEODORE HEWITTCaptain · July 2, 1970
- LEE NEWLUN LENZSergeant · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOHN CONRARDYPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 110
- ROBERT WILLIAM ZOLLER IISpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- THOMAS HAYDEN HERNDONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- THOMAS THEODORE HEWITTCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 111
- LEE NEWLUN LENZSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- ARTHUR DARNELL NEALStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 112
- ROBERT PAUL RADCLIFF JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 113
- ROGER DALE SUMRALLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 113
From Fairmont
- HENRY EDWARD SCHANCKLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- ALLAN FREDRICK HAMSMITHSergeant · July 22, 1968
- EDWIN EVERETT CARSONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- JEROME DAVID JORGENSONSergeant · May 15, 1969
- ROBERT HAROLD WOODSergeant · July 15, 1969
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.