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STEPHEN RAY BANGERT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1944 – March 2, 1967
Service recordStephen Ray Bangert, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 130
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 March 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 130
- KENNETH PAGE SARGENTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JAY CLAYTON SHELBYSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- WILLIE TYLERSergeant · March 1, 1967
- JAMES WHEELERSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK KELLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1967
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.