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STEPHEN THEODORE JARRAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – May 15, 1967
Service recordStephen Theodore Jarras, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 128
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 128
- JAMES EDWARD CHADWICKPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- WOLFGANG ALBRECHT HAEGELEAirman First Class · May 15, 1967
- JASPER LEWIS JENNINGSLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH TIMOTHY KEESEELance Corporal · May 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NEIL ELLIS BATEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 125
- LONNIE R BUTTSSpecialist Five · Panel 19E, Line 125
- DAVID ALLEN DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 126
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.