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STEPHEN MAYO HISCOCK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 17, 1950 – February 23, 1971
Service recordStephen Mayo Hiscock, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Laos, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D TRP 3 SQD 5 CAV 5 INF DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D TRP 3 SQD 5 CAV 5 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 134
- CHARLES RAYMOND HAUSHERRSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- JAMES EARL JOHNSON IIISpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- MARVIN ALLEN LUERKENSCorporal · February 23, 1971
- DANIEL JOHN MAESCorporal · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEE ARMENTROUTStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 131
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.