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JOHN RAYMOND STEVENSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1945 – February 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Raymond Stevenson, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 30
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powerplant Repairer (68B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 30
- WALTER FRANCIS SKINNERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- FORREST F S SPITLERStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1968
- SIDNEY TAYLOR STRATTONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD KASNOWSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 23
- LEWIS NELSON LANGFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 24
- WILLIAM T PITTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 27
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.