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WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1943 – February 15, 1966
Service recordWaymond Nelson Stephenson, of Anniston, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 39
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Anniston, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 39
- RAYMOND ROGER POSTONSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE SHEPLER JRPrivate · February 15, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
From Anniston
- EDWARD CHARLES UPNERStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- ALLAN RAY CHAFFINLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- FRANK PAUL JENKINS JRLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CRAFTCorporal · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- DARNELL PATRICK MURRAYStaff Sergeant · August 4, 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.