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RONALD DEE STEPHENSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 14, 1948 – January 20, 1971
Service recordRonald Dee Stephenson, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroeville, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 58
- ARTHUR S NABBENFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1971
- RONALD MILLARD GARRISONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
- ROBERT HRISOULISSergeant · January 21, 1971
- LOUIS WESLEY TRAVERSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY GARTENSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 57
From Monroeville
- JOHN FRANCIS DANIELS JRCorporal · April 2, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BLACK JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FREYSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
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.