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DENNIS LEE STEVENS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 15, 1948 – November 14, 1969
Service recordDennis Lee Stevens, of Redding, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 76
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 76
- JAMES C RUMMERFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- EDWARD EARL STUMPStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD SULLIVANSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- DAVID LEE TEICHSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.