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STEPHEN LOUIS RAYBURN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1953 – December 24, 1972
Service recordStephen Louis Rayburn, of Yuba City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1972, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 105
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 21, 1953
- Home of record
- Yuba City, California (Sutter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1972; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 105
- PAUL VERNON JACKSON IIICaptain · December 24, 1972
- DWIGHT GRAY RICKMANCaptain · December 25, 1972
- ROBERT JOHN MORRIS JRCaptain · December 26, 1972
- NUTTER JEROME WIMBROW IIIMajor · December 26, 1972
From Yuba City
- JOHN PATRICK EYNONSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DONALD RAY CHRISTYCorporal · June 2, 1967
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LESLIE LEROY MCCORKLECorporal · May 14, 1969
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
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.