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LARRY ALAN STEPHENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1950 – September 1, 1969
Service recordLarry Alan Stephens, of O'fallon, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 6 BN 33 ARTY 108 ARTY BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1950
- Home of record
- O'fallon, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 21
- RAYMOND GEORGE PARKSSpecialist Four · September 1, 1969
- CORNELIUS PETTEYSSpecialist Four · September 1, 1969
- JAMES SUTHERLAND PITCHESMajor · September 1, 1969
- FRED WINSTON SMITHStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1969
From O'fallon
- WILLIAM WILLIS HOODPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- BEN DOMINIC BONOLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SWAFFORDPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · August 23, 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.