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BRUCE DONALD STEPHENSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1951 – April 24, 1971
Service recordBruce Donald Stephenson, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 10
- STEPHEN ALAN SPENCERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- THOMAS HAROLD TAFTCorporal · April 24, 1971
- HILBERT WALTER TEETERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER LEE VOLLMARSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY DAVE SMITHSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 9
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.