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STEPHEN MICHAEL BRUMFIELD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 10, 1951 – July 4, 1972
Service recordStephen Michael Brumfield, of Wytheville, Virginia, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 4, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 52
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- September 10, 1951
- Home of record
- Wytheville, Virginia (Wythe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 52
- STEPHEN HOWARD CUTHBERTMajor · July 3, 1972
- ROBERT DAVID HAMILTONSpecialist Four · July 4, 1972
- JOHN EDWARD PARTONCorporal · July 4, 1972
- JOHN HARRY BROCKSergeant · July 7, 1972
From Wytheville
- EDWARD DARRELL AKERSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- JESSE STEPHEN MANUEL JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- LARRY ELBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · November 24, 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.