THE WALL OF FACES

Specialist Four Stephen Henry Warner was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, with Combat Distinguishing Device (V), for his gallantry in action. He was also awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Merit for his sustained meritorious service. He served as a Journalist and was assigned to SPECIAL STAFF CO, USARV SPECIAL TROOPS, ARMY HQ AREA CMD
See http://www.coffeltdatabase.org/detreq2.php

I was serving as editor at the 17th PID at DiAn with the 11th Armored Cavalry when I got transferred to Long Binh to serve as the editor of the Castle Courier newspaper in January, 1971, for the Army Engineer Command. I recall the day we learned of Spec Warner's death near Laos and the reaction it had. We had finally felt relatively safe since the war seemed to be winding down and casualty numbers were decreasing every week. Stephen's dedication in declining rest time in Vung Tau to head north to the support efforts near Laos demonstrated his dedication to his job and his country. We with info jobs awoke to the reality that the war was far from finished. We focused our efforts on doing the best we could do to tell our stories, with an key eye on our DEROS calendars.

"As You Were: Words and Images from Vietnam" is currently on display at the New Jersey Vietnam Era Museum in Holmdel, New Jersey. This exhibit tells Stephen Warner's story through the photographs that he took and the words that he wrote while serving in Vietnam. It will be on display until February 2020. Please visit our website - www.njvvmf.org - for additional information

I discovered this memorial while doing research. I am the current commander of the 7th Public Affairs Detachment (Mobile). I was researching the unit history to see which campaigns we participated in and to know a little more about the work the unit had done historically to inform my soldiers. If you are a veteran of the 7th PID I would like to hear your story. It's important we remember those who came before us, like Stephen Warner, and connect with our lineage just as every other unit does. You can contact me via email below. Thanks --MAJ Marcus D. Byrne, 7th MPAD.

Specialist Stephen Henry Warner graduated with the Gettysburg College Class of 1968. During his time at Gettysburg (1964-1968), Warner was a member of the service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, and wrote regularly for The Gettysburgian, eventually becoming the editor of the features section. He was incredibly vocal in his opposition to the war, serving on a committee of students opposed to the war, and using his platform at the newspaper to further spread his thoughts about American involvement in Vietnam. After graduating, Warner continued his education at Yale Law School but was drafted into the Army after his first year. He began his tour in Vietnam on March 21, 1970 as an Information Specialist in Squadron 3 of the 5TH Cavalry Regiment, serving under the command of the 101st Airborne. SP4 Warner was killed in action 11 months into his tour, on February 14, 1971, in the Quang Tri region of Vietnam. Before his death, he bequeathed his records of the war to Musselman Library, which keeps the Stephen H. Warner Memorial Collection. His accounts have been compiled into a book called Killed in Action: The life and times of SP4 Stephen H. Warner, draftee, journalist, and anti-war activist, written by Arthur J. Amchan.