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GERALD WAYNE STEPHENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1949 – April 21, 1969
Service recordGerald Wayne Stephens, of Ft Payne, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 23
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Payne, Alabama (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 23
- TIMOTHY RAY VANTONGERENPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- EARL SCOTT WEMPLESergeant Major · April 21, 1969
- CHARLES JACKSON WILSONLance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- JACK LESLIE BAKERMajor · April 22, 1969
From Ft Payne
- GARRY DON FREEMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- BENNIE RAY MONCUSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES HOWARD BURTCorporal · December 7, 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.