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STEPHEN WOOD DOWNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1947 – March 6, 1968
Service recordStephen Wood Downey, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 16
- CLINTON R CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- GARY LEWIS COLOMBOCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JEFFREY FRANCIS CONLINSergeant · March 6, 1968
- RONALD STEPHEN DOBBSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENDALL THOMAS FORTNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 18
- JOHN LODA HAINESSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 19
- JOSEPH EDWARD HARTZSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 20
- JOHN GERALD HEISELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 20
- EARL H HILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 21
- HOOD HAL HUNTPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 23
- JOE ALEMAN MIRANDAPrivate · Panel 43E, Line 26
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 28
- ANTHONY PATRIZICorporal · Panel 43E, Line 29
- DAVID L RAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 31
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 33
- GLENN SULLIVANSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 36
- LEAMUEL ARTIS WHITESecond Lieutenant · Panel 43E, Line 38
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.