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DENNIS ARTHUR STEPHENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1949 – June 11, 1970
Service recordDennis Arthur Stephens, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 45
- ERNEST LEROY RAMSEYSergeant First Class · June 11, 1970
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1970
- ALONZO HUGHES TAYLORSergeant · June 11, 1970
- THOMAS EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VERNON GAIL BERGQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 42
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 43
- GORDON T KIMBRELL JRCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 44
- FRANKLIN DELANO MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 44
- RAYMOND RIEDE UHLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 44
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 45
- ALONZO HUGHES TAYLORSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 45
- KENNETH R MCKENNA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 46
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
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.