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STEPHEN JOHN ECKLE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 18, 1943 – April 12, 1968
Service recordStephen John Eckle, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 30
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 30
- RUSSELL HUBARD CORNISHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JOHN EDD CUNNINGHAM JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DELISASpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- WALLACE JAMES DIETZSergeant · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGERALDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 49E, Line 32
- HAROLD ALLEN THARP JRSpecialist Five · Panel 49E, Line 37
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.