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STEPHEN MARK HERMANSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 20, 1947 – February 6, 1968
Service recordStephen Mark Hermanson, of Carmel Valley, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Carmel Valley, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 58
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- EUGENE EARL HENRYCorporal · February 6, 1968
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · February 6, 1968
- ROY ARTHUR HUSSLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE BARHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 48
- JAMES ROBERT WALDENSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 73
- DARREL ZANE WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 75
From Carmel Valley
- DAVID EARL MCGLOCHLINPetty Officer Third Class · January 10, 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.