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JAMES CALVIN STEPHENS
Captain · U.S. Army
January 13, 1942 – April 28, 1967
Service recordJames Calvin Stephens, of Bellwood, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 111
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Bellwood, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 111
- ALBERT JAMES ROSECorporal · April 28, 1967
- RICHARD BRUCE SEDGWICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN SKEBECK JRLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
- GEORGE FREETH SMITHSergeant · April 28, 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.