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STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1946 – May 16, 1967
Service recordStephen John Eichelberger, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 7
- CLYDE CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1967
- DELMAR FREDRICK COOKCorporal · May 16, 1967
- ROSS FRANCIS FIKELance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- DAVID ALAN FISCHLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 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.