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TOMMY LEE STEPHENS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1947 – March 17, 1968
Service recordTommy Lee Stephens, of Kennewick, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Kennewick, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 15
- MARIO FRANK DEMATTIOPrivate · March 17, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD SEVIERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- JOSEPH PAT STRIPPOLI JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- EDWARD ANTONE SWONKE JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
From Kennewick
- GERALD LANE CARMICHAELCorporal · October 15, 1966
- MICHAEL R NEWBERNStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOE COPELance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- WILLIAM HAROLD COOKPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD COWANPetty Officer Third Class · April 26, 1968
- STEPHEN ROGERS YOUNGPrivate · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT ARNOLD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS LYNNSpecialist Four · July 21, 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.