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RODNEY FRANKLIN STEVENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – August 4, 1969
Service recordRodney Franklin Stevens, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 96
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Canal Winchester, Ohio (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 96
- JAMES HOWARD OWENS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 4, 1969
- FRED MICHAEL RAGLANDCorporal · August 4, 1969
- DANNY LANCE BARRONCorporal · August 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LOU COX JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
From Canal Winchester
- DAVID ALLEN JOHNSTONCorporal · March 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.