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STEPHEN LAWRENCE HAVAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – August 3, 1968
Service recordStephen Lawrence Havas, of Camp Springs, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 4
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Camp Springs, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 4
- LARRY LAVERN ELZINGACorporal · August 3, 1968
- GEORGE WARREN FISCHER JRSpecialist Four · August 3, 1968
- WILLIE EARL GRANGERSergeant · August 3, 1968
- FRANK A HARAHCorporal · August 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY B BUZZARDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 3
- WILLIE EARL GRANGERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 4
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 5
From Camp Springs
- JOSEPH NELSON STEVENSLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD KNADLESecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM VADENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- DEAN GILMAN OWENSpecialist Five · April 6, 1968
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT GENE OCONNELLCorporal · February 15, 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.