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STEPHEN LEE LINDSAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 9, 1947 – January 24, 1971
Service recordStephen Lee Lindsay, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 63
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 63
- RONALD JAMES REVISCorporal · January 23, 1971
- JAMES LEON COLWYESpecialist Four · January 24, 1971
- CALVIN EDWARD MILAMSpecialist Four · January 24, 1971
- WILLIAM LESLIE MORGANAirman First Class · January 24, 1971
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.