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STEPHEN MEREDITH TULLY
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 26, 1946 – August 17, 1968
Service recordStephen Meredith Tully, of Fern Creek, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 17, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 36
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Fern Creek, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 36
- THEARTIS WATTS JRPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- BILLY LEO WILSONPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD ADDISON JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- ROBERT ARNOLDSergeant · August 18, 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.