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STEPHEN JOSEPH HUSKEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1951 – October 31, 1971
Service recordStephen Joseph Huskey, of Landover, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 57
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Landover, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 57
- DAVID GEORGE SMITHWICKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1971
- LUTHER BURNETT WARD JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- GUFFEY SCOTT JOHNSONSergeant · October 31, 1971
From Landover
- THOMAS CALVIN LONG JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- HARRY JULIAN BORTPetty Officer Second Class · July 24, 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.