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STEPHEN ROBERT PRINCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1946 – August 11, 1969
Service recordStephen Robert Prince, of Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 4
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Wenatchee, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 4
- ROY VERNON RAWLINSergeant · August 11, 1969
- RONALD ROBBINSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- LARRY LEE SHAWPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- STANLEY JOHN SHUMINSKISergeant · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 6
From Wenatchee
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH HANLEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
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.