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GREG DOUGLAS STEVENSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – July 24, 1970
Service recordGreg Douglas Stevenson, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 50
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 50
- WILLIAM LELON SAWYER JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY SUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · July 24, 1970
- WILTSE LEE WEBERCaptain · July 24, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOUIS BOLANMaster Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 48
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.