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STEPHEN LOUIS UPTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1948 – May 28, 1969
Service recordStephen Louis Upton, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 12
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Advanced Avionics Technician-Trainee (6351)
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Rhode Island (Newport County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 12
- WILLIAM JOHN THORNHILLPrivate · May 28, 1969
- DAVID L TIFFANYSpecialist Five · May 28, 1969
- RAMON LUIS VAZQUEZ-NIEVESSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- DICK EDWARD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
From Portsmouth
- DONALD HENRY SISSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
- JAY HARRISON MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- FRANK FRANCIS AUGUSTINESergeant · September 28, 1969
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.