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JAMES WILLIAMS STEPHENS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1945 – September 13, 1965
Service recordJames Williams Stephens, of Thompson Falls, Montana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 82
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Thompson Falls, Montana (Sanders County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 82
- CARROLL EUGENE FANKHAUSERLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- JOE RUSSELL MOSSMANLieutenant (junior grade) · September 13, 1965
- DONALD LUCIAN BENNETTLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
From Thompson Falls
- JON MICHAEL MURPHYSergeant · March 29, 1968
- DELMAR LEON LAWRENCEPetty Officer Third Class · April 1, 1968
- HIMA DUNCAN MCDOUGALL JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
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.