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STEPHEN JOSEPH KASTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – November 2, 1970
Service recordStephen Joseph Kaster, of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 35
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Coon Rapids, Minnesota (Anoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 35
- JOHN CHESTER KINGSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
- OSCAR MALONEYSpecialist Five · November 2, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS ORRICOChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 2, 1970
- FREDERICK WILLIAM PRUDENSergeant First Class · November 2, 1970
From Coon Rapids
- EUGENE MERLYN RICKSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- LEROY EMANUEL PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1966
- ROGER LEE VERWERSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
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.