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GARY BENNETT STEPHENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 4, 1946 – August 14, 1967
Service recordGary Bennett Stephens, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 108
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 108
- WESLEY ROBERT PHENEGAR JRCaptain · August 13, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE SWAFFORDLance Corporal · August 13, 1967
- MARK RYAN BLACKLance Corporal · August 14, 1967
- FRANK MARIO BOZZELLOSecond Lieutenant · August 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANK MARIO BOZZELLOSecond Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 108
- GEORGE ALAN ZOMBERGSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 111
From Williamsport
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
- WILLIAM GEORGE COREYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1963
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE GRINERPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.