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STEPHEN WHITMAN DIAMOND
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 31, 1940 – July 19, 1966
Service recordStephen Whitman Diamond, of Roslyn Heights, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 19, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- October 31, 1940
- Home of record
- Roslyn Heights, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 38
- JACK MONTGOMERY BROWN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- BERNARD DILLARDSpecialist Four · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES ROGER FLEMINGPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
From Roslyn Heights
- ALAN N WEISMANPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- SIDNEY MORTON SOLOMONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 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.