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ROGER DEAN STEPHENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordRoger Dean Stephens, of Manhattan Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 15
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Manhattan Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 15
- DENNIS ELWOOD MCDONALDPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JOSE MUNATONES JRCorporal · May 14, 1968
- GEORGE LINWOOD MUNDY JRSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM FOUSPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 11
From Manhattan Beach
- MARK EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- RONALD ALLAN MOORELance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN TSCHUMIPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- OWEN EDWARD MEBUSTSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JEFFREY PAUL MORLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1968
- BRUCE ANDERSON MURRAYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES MELVILLEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · May 24, 1969
- STEPHEN AYER JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 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.