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JAMES STEPHENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1947 – February 11, 1969
Service recordJames Stephens, of Ashland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Ashland, Ohio (Ashland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 17
- MICHAEL PATRICK TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- JACK DALE WADLEYStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1969
- LARRY KENNETH WHEELERLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RUSSELL DAN WOOLLARDSergeant · February 11, 1969
From Ashland
- ROGER DEAN ADAMSLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE KANEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ELDON JOHN KIRKPATRICK JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL LONGPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- KENNETH RICHARD HEIFNERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- EARL ERNEST ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · March 23, 1971
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.