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STEPHEN MICHAEL GABRYS
Captain · U.S. Army
June 17, 1942 – April 29, 1969
Service recordStephen Michael Gabrys, of Bellerose, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 79
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Bellerose, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 79
- ANDREW BRYAN RANKINLance Corporal · April 29, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAYCorporal · April 29, 1969
- FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ JRCorporal · April 29, 1969
- CLINTON WILLIAM SHAVER JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
From Bellerose
- RONALD EDWIN PFEIFERCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID WILKIEMajor · December 8, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HOARE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · December 31, 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.