The Wall › Panel 55E › Tennessee › Donald Ray Stephenson
DONALD RAY STEPHENSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Stephenson, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 32
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Tennessee (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 55E, Line 32
- LOUIS LEON SPEERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT L SPRINGERFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE STEWARTSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SAMUEL ALLENCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 42
- BRUCE RICHARD BACKESSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 42
- CORTLAND ELLIS DENNISONCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 9
- MALCOLM CYRIL DULACFirst Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 10
- JAMES DONAHUE FERGUSONSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 11
- RICHARD AL GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 14
- SHERRON EVERETT HARBISONSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 15
- ARTHUR ROBERT HENNINGCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 17
- DENNIS EDWARD HINTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 17
- RONALD ARWED HILLMANCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 19
- ROBERT JOHN LESKASergeant · Panel 55E, Line 21
- DONALD EVERETT LOWECorporal · Panel 55E, Line 21
- JIMMY RAY MOORECorporal · Panel 55E, Line 24
- ELBERT DARRELL POFFSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 27
- FRANCIS JOSEPH ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 29
- CRAIG ALLEN ROODSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 32
- FRANK WRIGHT WEBBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 35
- RICHARD FOY WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 35
From Shelbyville
- CHARLES GILBERT TUCKERCaptain · April 6, 1965
- HU BLAKEMORE RHODESChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 24, 1968
- JERRY MICHAEL LOVELLSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- CHARLES CRAWFORD NAPPERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1969
- KENNETH BRYANT BECKMANLance Corporal · January 11, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE MULLINSPrivate First Class · April 1, 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.