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STEPHEN RUSSELL SCRIVENER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 10, 1944 – March 17, 1971
Service recordStephen Russell Scrivener, of Tampa, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 17, 1971, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 55
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 19 TAC AIR SFT SQ
- Born
- October 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 55
- ROBERT CARRELL GREENCaptain · March 17, 1971
- HARRY CARLTON KINGSpecialist Four · March 17, 1971
- LAWRENCE EUGENE LILLYFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1971
- WILLIAM GEORGE NEWBOULDPrivate First Class · March 17, 1971
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.