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BOBBY GENE STEVENSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 24, 1930 – January 2, 1969
Service recordBobby Gene Stevenson, of Greenwood, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 22
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 24, 1930
- Home of record
- Greenwood, South Carolina (Greenwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 22
- RICHARD CLAIR SEELYCorporal · January 2, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD SELLNERWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- RICHARD HAUSE SWEGERSergeant First Class · January 2, 1969
- WILLEY EDGAR WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
From Greenwood
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- BOBBY RAY CHILDSCorporal · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM OTHELLO ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · September 5, 1969
- BILLY LEE COKERPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1969
- DANNY ROY MAGAHAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1970
- DAVID YELDELLSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- DAVID LEE BROOKSCorporal · July 3, 1970
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.