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STEPHEN JUSTENE TORBETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1943 – August 14, 1969
Service recordStephen Justene Torbett, of Piney Flats, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Piney Flats, Tennessee (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 42
- RICKEY EUGENE SWANEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
- GIL STEVENS WILFONGCorporal · August 14, 1969
- RICHARD MARVIN WISESergeant · August 14, 1969
- HUMBERTO ROBLES HERNANDEZCaptain · August 15, 1969
From Piney Flats
- LAWRENCE JAMES HUMPHREYCorporal · August 16, 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.