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WESLEY WARREN STEVENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1950 – May 13, 1969
Service recordWesley Warren Stevens, of Peterson, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Peterson, Minnesota (Fillmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 111
- FRANCIS LOUIS SOUZASergeant · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM VAL SPRINGFIELDSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES STOWEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1969
- IRA JACKIE STURGEONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 96
- MARTIN LEO DAMITIOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 97
- JOHN VINCENT FOLGERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 98
- FELIX G GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 99
- HOMER PHILLIP KENDRICKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 25W, Line 103
- JEROME KRISTIN LUKASPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 104
- TEDDY RAY MOORECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 106
- DOMINGO FLORES MORADOSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 107
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 108
- ALAN CURTIS WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 113
- RAYMOND LEROY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 114
- LARRY DELARNARD AIKENSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 42
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.