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STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1947 – May 28, 1968
Service recordStephen Thomas Sullivan, of Melrose, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Melrose, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 16
- RONNIE WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SOPKOPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR STEVENS JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- PELESASA SOLOMONA TAUANUUCorporal · May 28, 1968
From Melrose
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- HAROLD HERMAN HIRTLEMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- MICHAEL ALLEN DEPROFIOCorporal · April 17, 1967
- GARDNER BREWERMajor · September 14, 1967
- RICHARD L NORTONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- DAVID ANDREW BINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Five · June 18, 1968
- SCOTT FREDERICK ANDRESENCorporal · May 13, 1969
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1971
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.