Kurt Patrick StephensonCorporalD CO, 2ND BN, 327TH INFANTRY, 101 ABN DIV Army of the United States 31 October 1947 - 10 August 1968 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Panel 49W Line 045 |
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The database page for Kurt Patrick Stephenson
REMEMBEREDby his nephew,Kurt Patrick Stephenson iahawkeye06@aol.com |
A Note from The Virtual WallOn 10 August 1968 D Company, 2/327th Infantry, was working in the A Shau Valley. During the day they lost eight men:
"In August 1968 a Navy A-7D fired two 5-inch aerial rockets into the HQ CP of Company D, 2d Battalion, 327th Infantry (101st Airborne Division), during an operation in the A Shau Valley. Fifty-five casualties [killed and wounded] resulted."Corporal Kurt Stephenson is the only known hostile-fire casualty incurred on 10 August. At this distance it makes little difference where the aircraft came from, but in August 1968 there were only four A-7 squadrons in Vietnam:
The author of this note was an aviator with VA-85 (A-6 INTRUDER) |
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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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