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STEPHEN WAYNE DEARO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordStephen Wayne Dearo, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 63
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 63
- WILLIAM JAMES BURKE JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- HUGH PINSON CALDWELL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES CECIL CASESpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- DAVID EARL CHERRY JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LYNN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 62
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 75
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.