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FREDERICK DALE STEPHENSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1947 – July 22, 1968
Service recordFrederick Dale Stephenson, of Calumet City, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Calumet City, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 37
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE SHRUMSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- RONALD ALBERT SKELTONPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- MARC GREGORY VANDALSEMPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- GARY ROBERT WILLEKESergeant · July 22, 1968
From Calumet City
- RICK EDWARD KOPKACorporal · February 27, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES SCHUTZSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD REKAUPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- STANLEY ZALEWSKI JRCorporal · April 10, 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.