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STEPHEN ROLLEY POWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 31, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordStephen Rolley Powell, of Valdese, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Valdese, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 60E, Line 16
- LARRY JOSEPH HARDYLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RINGELSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JAMES BECK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 8
- EDWARD DAVID CROWSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 9
- ROBERT RALPH HAMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 11
- GEORGE LINWOOD MUNDY JRSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 15
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 16
From Valdese
- FLOYD STEVE HARMONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.