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STEPHEN JOHN BRENNAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1948 – July 15, 1969
Service recordStephen John Brennan, of Guilford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 123
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Guilford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 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 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 123
- JOHN EDWARD BLINERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- PAUL JOSEPH BRAGGLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
- ARNIM N BRAITHWAITECorporal · July 15, 1969
- ADOLPHUS CHRISTOPHERFirst Sergeant · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD BLINERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 123
From Guilford
- ARTHUR ALLEN CROSBY JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- FREDERICK W DAUTEN JRMajor · April 4, 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.