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STEPHEN RANDALL COSTELLO
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 27, 1948 – July 16, 1969
Service recordStephen Randall Costello, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 5
- ROGER CLAYTON BRATHWAITESpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- JERRY ARTHUR BUNNFirst Lieutenant · July 16, 1969
- DUANE JACOB CABALAPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- CARL EDWIN CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DUANE JACOB CABALAPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 5
From Midwest City
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BERNARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- GAILEN CHEEK CROSSLINPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- RANDALL LEE MCELREATHLance Corporal · March 12, 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.