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GARY LUCKY STEPHENSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 15, 1950 – August 12, 1969
Service recordGary Lucky Stephenson, of Barrington, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 25
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Barrington, Rhode Island (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 25
- THEODUS MORRIS STANLEYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JAMES STANTONCorporal · August 12, 1969
- BEN WADE STONEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- DON RICHARD SYKESSergeant · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE ERVIN FRUHLINGCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 12
From Barrington
- VICTOR PATRICK ANDREOZZILance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- ARTHUR F MCQUADE JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- ROBERT MARTIN DONOVANFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 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.