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STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – December 15, 1967
Service recordStephen John Whipple, of Portland, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 7
- RODOLFO TREVINOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- DAN WAGNER JRSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MICHAEL BERRIOSSergeant · December 16, 1967
- LARRY KILITO BILONTACorporal · December 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BRADLEY PAQUINStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 3
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
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.