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MARVIN GENE STEPHENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1948 – September 23, 1969
Service recordMarvin Gene Stephens, of Burlington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 2
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Burlington, Kentucky (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- 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 23, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 2
- SHELBY DEAN STOVERPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- MICHAEL LAVERN WHITEPetty Officer Third Class · September 23, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- SOLOMON HERBERT BRYANTSergeant First Class · September 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SHELTON FERRELL BARRSSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 127
- THOMAS JAMES SIMETH SRStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 1
- SHELBY DEAN STOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 2
From Burlington
- JOHN WAYNE MALAPELLIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1965
- ARTHUR THEODORE KRAMER JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 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.