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ROBERT CLAYTON STEPHENSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1942 – April 23, 1967
Service recordRobert Clayton Stephenson, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 76
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Chapmanville, West Virginia (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 76
- CHARLES ROBERT NUNNPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- RANDALL BRIAN RAINVILLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- JAMES LEROY RUSSELLSergeant · April 23, 1967
- FREDERICK CHARLES SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
From Chapmanville
- JOE D STOWERSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- EDWARD LESTERPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD EPLINStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- GLENN ROGER WORKMANPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
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.