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STEPHEN JOHN KINGHORN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 16, 1947 – June 13, 1969
Service recordStephen John Kinghorn, of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 41
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 41
- CHARLES HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · June 13, 1969
- JOSEPH STANLEY LABAYSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- MICHAEL KEITH LEWISStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN LIPETZKYSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
From Bryn Mawr
- RICHARD JOSEPH IANIERILance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- DAVID JOHN MOYLANPrivate First Class · June 26, 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.