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STEPHEN MICHAEL CARNAHAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1948 – April 2, 1967
Service recordStephen Michael Carnahan, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 91
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 91
- LIAM SOUEPH CASEYPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- EARL FAISON JRCorporal · April 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.