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JOSEPH NELSON STEVENS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1945 – October 14, 1966
Service recordJoseph Nelson Stevens, of Camp Springs, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 75
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Camp Springs, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 75
- JACK DOUGLAS SPAULDINGLieutenant Colonel · October 14, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- LOUIS TURCHISpecialist Four · October 14, 1966
- ROBERT JACOB BLACKCorporal · October 15, 1966
From Camp Springs
- ROBERT EDWARD KNADLESecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM VADENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- DEAN GILMAN OWENSpecialist Five · April 6, 1968
- STEPHEN LAWRENCE HAVASSergeant · August 3, 1968
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT GENE OCONNELLCorporal · February 15, 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.