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VIRGIL LYNN STEPHEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1945 – July 19, 1965
Service recordVirgil Lynn Stephen, of Garland, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Garland, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 40
- LUIS ANTON MIRANDA-CUEVASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1965
- MITCHELL LESTER ANDERSONLance Corporal · July 20, 1965
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
From Garland
- DANIEL GORDON ROGERSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- DAVID KEITH MONEACHICorporal · April 16, 1967
- STERLING CRAIG HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- TOMMIE VAUGHN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS NEASBITTSergeant · February 20, 1968
- WILBUR LOVING MINTER JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS MUSECorporal · August 16, 1969
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.