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BOYD ADAM STEPHENS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1952 – July 3, 1970
Service recordBoyd Adam Stephens JR, of Mendota, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1952
- Home of record
- Mendota, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 117
- ROBERT STEPHEN UTECHTCorporal · July 3, 1970
- ROBERT LEROY WELCHLance Corporal · July 3, 1970
- CHARLES FRANKLIN BOOKOUTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1970
- JIMMIE LEE ROBINSONSergeant · July 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE SANDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 116
From Mendota
- JESUS ROJAS BERMUDEZPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- PETER PEREZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID YLLANLance Corporal · November 21, 1969
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.