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THOMAS ARTHUR STEVENS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1942 – May 28, 1968
Service recordThomas Arthur Stevens JR, of Seymour, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 16
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Seymour, Indiana (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 16
- RONNIE WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SOPKOPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVANLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- PELESASA SOLOMONA TAUANUUCorporal · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL HARRISON EASLEY IICorporal · Panel 64W, Line 8
From Seymour
- JACKIE DEAN REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- KENNETH MERLE BRANAMANPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- WILLIAM DEAN LARAWAYLance Corporal · April 11, 1967
- HOMER HOWARD HAWSCorporal · April 15, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY CLEVENGERSergeant Major · June 6, 1969
- GARY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.