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WILLIAM F STEPHENS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 23, 1946 – April 1, 1970
Service recordWilliam F Stephens JR, of Bellaire, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 76
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellaire, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 76
- BRENT ANTHONY STREETSergeant · April 1, 1970
- LAWRENCE EDWIN SUTTONStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- MILTON TRUMAN SWAINSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EZRA BUDD MARTERSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 71
From Bellaire
- VICTOR MICHAEL DRISCOLLCorporal · June 3, 1967
- MICHAEL ROGERS CALLAWAYFirst Lieutenant · March 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.