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STEPHEN THOMAS VOLZ
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 21, 1948 – November 8, 1968
Service recordStephen Thomas Volz, of Lakewood, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 8, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 39
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 39
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- RICHARD COURTNEY WALLACELieutenant (junior grade) · November 8, 1968
- GARY JOHN ALLENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM BOWENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER PAUL BLASKO JRPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 39W, Line 36
- RICHARD COURTNEY WALLACELieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 39W, Line 39
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 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.