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GERALD STEVENS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1944 – January 13, 1967
Service recordGerald Stevens, of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Big Stone Gap, Virginia (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while Operation Cedar Falls was under way. Operation Cedar Falls (8–26 January 1967) sent some 30,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops into the “Iron Triangle” northwest of Saigon to destroy Viet Cong base areas and tunnels. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 24
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM LEWIS RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD ALBERT ROBBCorporal · January 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 20
- FRANCISCO DELA C DACANAYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 20
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 21
- BOBBY GENE GOLDHAGENCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 22
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 23
- WILLIAM LEWIS RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 24
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · Panel 14E, Line 24
- RICHARD ALBERT ROBBCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 24
From Big Stone Gap
- DONALD FRED FEEPetty Officer Second Class · July 21, 1967
- PAUL JESSIE SEYMOREStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1969
- RODNEY HAROLD STONECaptain · May 2, 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.