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RUFUS NEWTON STEVENSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordRufus Newton Stevenson JR, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 13
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 13
- DAVID ALAN STIYERSpecialist Five · May 14, 1969
- LARRY EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- DONALD WILLIAM VALLEN JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- SAMMIE WAYNE WADDLESergeant · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL THOMAS ABNEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 114
- TOMMY LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 1
- MARK JOSEPH GIRONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 5
- GERALD JOHN KELLY JRCaptain · Panel 24W, Line 7
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 14
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.