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STEPHEN RICHARD PORCELLA
Major · U.S. Army
August 6, 1935 – November 30, 1967
Service recordStephen Richard Porcella, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 16
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 6, 1935
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 16
- CLARENCE LEROY PALMERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- LARRY THOMAS PARKERPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JACK ROGERSCorporal · November 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 8
- GRIFFITH BRONSON BEDWORTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 9
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 9
- KENNETH DALE MCKEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 14
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 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.