Bebout, Stephen Eugene
Army Sergeant

Stephen Eugene Bebout, age 23, from Van Wert County Convoy, Ohio .

Spouse: Married
Children: Crestview High (1966)

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, January 9, 1972
Death details: He was eriously wounded in the legs in August 1969 while on his last mission. One leg was amputated and he recovered in a U.S. hospital for about a year before discharged from the Army. He died in 1972 during an emergency operation at Van Wert County Hospital to remove his appendix when a blood clot from his injured leg lodged in his lungs. His name was added to the Wall in 1987.
Cemetery: IOOF, Convoy

Source: National Archives, Mansfield New Journal (1987), findagrave.com, Decatur Daily Democrat (1972)