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STEPHEN LEE WHISENANT
Captain · U.S. Army
October 16, 1944 – February 9, 1971
Service recordStephen Lee Whisenant, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 92
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 92
- FRED DALE PAKELEStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1971
- NORMAN JAMES PEARSONCorporal · February 9, 1971
- PHILLIP JAMES SANDOVALCorporal · February 9, 1971
- BLAKE DOMINIC WHITNEYPrivate · February 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP JAMES SANDOVALCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 92
- JAMES FREW COLLINSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 93
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.