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STEPHEN RENIER TUBRE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1944 – August 31, 1968
Service recordStephen Renier Tubre, of North Highlands, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 17
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 9, 1944
- Home of record
- North Highlands, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 17
- STANLEY LAWTON SIETINGSergeant · August 31, 1968
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILKESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- KEITH LESLIE WILSONSergeant · August 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST RAY CARRSpecialist Five · Panel 45W, Line 12
From North Highlands
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- JAMES CHARLES KROUSETechnical Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- ROY EDWARD PITTSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTTCorporal · December 31, 1972
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.