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STEPHEN JOHN ALSUP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1949 – April 6, 1970
Service recordStephen John Alsup, of Rumford, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 99
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Rumford, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 99
- PAUL EDWARD THOMASSergeant · April 5, 1970
- STEVEN MICHAEL TORREYCorporal · April 5, 1970
- WINSTON CHARLES WALKERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1970
- RUIZ FRANCISCO J BORREGOPrivate First Class · April 6, 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.