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JAMES DERRILL STEVENSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1945 – October 25, 1969
Service recordJames Derrill Stevenson, of Western Springs, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 118
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Western Springs, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 118
- ADRIAN ALAN AKINSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN RODOWICZLance Corporal · October 25, 1969
- CHARLES EDGAR SHULTZStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1969
- DWIGHT JACKSON THORNTONCaptain · October 25, 1969
From Western Springs
- JOHN KEVIN WOODSFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1968
- WAYNE EDWARD PEARSONMajor · February 22, 1969
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.