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STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1940 – May 2, 1967
Service recordStephen Thomas Hepner, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- February 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 14
- WILLIAM THOMAS HAYESPrivate · May 2, 1967
- LLOYD LAVERN HEATHHospitalman · May 2, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL HENDERSONLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
From Glendale
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- JOE EDWARD KINSEYCorporal · December 29, 1967
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
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.