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STEPHEN LEWIS MCCARVEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1949 – May 24, 1969
Service recordStephen Lewis McCarvel, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 98
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
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 98
- GRAFTON LAWRENCE PERRYPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- DERRILL LE ROY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- CORTEZ ALLEN RANDOLPHPrivate · May 24, 1969
- JOHN L ROSEMONDCorporal · May 24, 1969
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
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.