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MELVIN L STEVENSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 28, 1949 – September 16, 1972
Service recordMelvin L Stevenson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 73
- CARROLL THOMAS JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1972
- KENNETH RICHARD BUELLLieutenant Commander · September 17, 1972
- VERNE GEORGE DONNELLYCommander · September 17, 1972
- THOMAS AUGUST GOETSCHAirman Apprentice · September 17, 1972
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.