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STEPHEN STANFORD OVIATT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1945 – December 5, 1969
Service recordStephen Stanford Oviatt, of Bozeman, Montana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 29
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Bozeman, Montana (Gallatin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 29
- THOMAS MARK MCMAHON JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- ROGER LYNN MCRIGHTSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- DANIEL ALLEN PETERSSergeant · December 5, 1969
- RUBEN DWIGHT REESEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE WITHERSPOONStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 31
From Bozeman
- CHARLES GLENDON DUDLEYCaptain · June 28, 1966
- RICHARD DEWYATT CLARKMajor · August 25, 1966
- RAYMOND LEROY GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- HAL KENT HENDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 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.