Stephen Wayne De Aro

Specialist Four
CRIP PLT, HQ CO, 1ST BN, 5TH INF RGT, 25 INF DIV
Army of the United States
20 April 1948 - 12 May 1969
Los Angeles, California
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25 INF DIV 5TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Bronze Star, Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign
Stephen W De Aro

The database page for Stephen Wayne De Aro

28 Oct 2002

Photo courtesy of Pat Guthrie
kguthriek@aol.com

From the 1/5 Inf unit history:

"On May 12, 1969, at 0315 hours, the 1/5th(M) CRIP element was positioned at the Cu Chi Sub-Sector when an 82mm mortar barrage hit the position. Six Bobcats were wounded and one was killed in the attack."

Stephen De Aro received the Bronze Star for his attempt to rescue other soldiers wounded in the attack.

REMEMBERED

by his comrades in the
5th Inf Rgt
5th Infantry - the Bobcats

Placed by a fellow Bobcat,
Randy Kethcart
randy@bobcat.ws

20 Sep 2005

I am Andrew Clark De Aro, younger brother of Stephen De Aro. We were 2 years apart in age. I cannot express my gratitude to you who has immortalized my older brother. At the time of his demise, I was in AIT at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. My unit was assigned to deploy to Nam, but upon his death I was re-assigned to Germany. I cannot express the anguish I experienced at that time. It took me ten years to deal with my anger. Today, the anger is gone, replaced by a sadness whenever I hear of a death in Iraq. I silently relive the day I became aware of my brother's death. Again, I cannot thank you enough.

From his brother,
Andrew C. De Aro
jennie@scjpc.org



The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his brother,
Andrew C. De Aro
jennie@scjpc.org
28 Oct 2002



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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
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