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WALTER BRUCE STEVENS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1940 – May 29, 1966
Service recordWalter Bruce Stevens, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 122
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 30, 1940
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- 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
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 122
- WILBUR RAY LUCASSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- ROGER ESPINOZA RODRIGUEZPrivate · May 29, 1966
- WALTER JUNIOR SALLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- EDWARD CICERO SEXTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.