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STEPHEN WILLIAM KURTTI
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 11, 1945 – June 17, 1968
Service recordStephen William Kurtti, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 13
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
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 13
- JOHN EDWARD KELLETTSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LABUNDYSergeant · June 17, 1968
- ALLEN WAYNE LEWISLance Corporal · June 17, 1968
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 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.