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JOHNNIE PERRY STEPHENS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1945 – April 22, 1969
Service recordJohnnie Perry Stephens JR, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 28
- THOMAS JOSEPH TISCHLERSergeant · April 22, 1969
- WALTER SHELBY VANCLEAVELieutenant Colonel · April 22, 1969
- JERRY LEE WALLCorporal · April 22, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALLAS ERVIN MCKINNEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 26
- RICHARD MCNEALPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 26
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
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.