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ALLEY OAKLEY STEPHENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1945 – March 23, 1969
Service recordAlley Oakley Stephens, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 22
- ROBERT ALLEN OSBORNESpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL STRUCHENSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN WHITTENPrivate First Class · March 23, 1969
- JAMES WESLEY WIDDIS JRLieutenant Colonel · March 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES CONKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 18
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.