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STEPHEN MICHAEL TRAYNOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – February 4, 1971
Service recordStephen Michael Traynor, of Keego Harbor, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 78
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Keego Harbor, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 78
- DAYLE RAYMOND HALLSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
- ANDRES LOPEZ RAMONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
- NELSON GRAFTON RICHARDSONSpecialist Five · February 4, 1971
- PATRICK JOSEPH TROTTERSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
From Keego Harbor
- WILLIAM DAVID HANEYCorporal · August 23, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE LONGSergeant · June 15, 1968
- SANFORD GENE PACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
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.