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THOMAS ALLEN STEPHENS

Corporal · U.S. Army

January 12, 1950 – May 12, 1970

Service record

Thomas Allen Stephens, of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 10W · Line 29

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Service

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Corporal (CPL)
Service: Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation: Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded): 25 INF DIV
Born: January 12, 1950
Home of record: Signal Mountain, Tennessee (Hamilton County)

Casualty

Date of death: May 12, 1970
Age: 20
Country: Cambodia
Casualty type: Hostile
Category: Killed in Action
Circumstance: Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.

He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.

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On the Wall

Remembered on May 12

Elsewhere

Also on Panel 10W, Line 29

STEVEN CARL SEEMANWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1970
MICHAEL PAUL SEGICHLance Corporal · May 12, 1970
THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · May 12, 1970
JAMES GAYLORD SHRADERSpecialist Five · May 12, 1970

Same unit, same day

KENNETH DEVON BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 21
RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 22
ARDIE RAY COPASSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 23
STEPHEN JOSEPH KEESLERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 25
LEOPOLDO AYALA LOPEZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 26

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.