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LYNN LADELLE STEPHENSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 19, 1949 – May 8, 1969
Service recordLynn Ladelle Stephenson, of Irvona, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 25
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Irvona, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 25
- JAMES ELLSWORTH RICKETTS JRLieutenant Colonel · April 8, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BRULLSergeant · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SIMSPrivate · May 8, 1969
- ROBERT ELDON TURNERMajor · May 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GEORGE BOLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 20
- CARL NORMAN CLUTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 21
- ALLEN TYLERCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 26
- THEODORE DAVISON WARDSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 26
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.