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RICHARD CHARLES STEPHENSON
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
May 10, 1944 – February 5, 1970
Service recordRichard Charles Stephenson, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 5, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 93 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- May 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14W, Line 105
- OWEN TED MCCANDLISFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1970
- KENNETH MERLE PERRYCorporal · February 5, 1970
- RAYMOND DEAN REGIERCorporal · February 5, 1970
- DANIEL SAVAGELance Corporal · February 5, 1970
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
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.