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WILLIAM JAMES STEPHENSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1941 – February 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam James Stephenson, of Bound Brook, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Bound Brook, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 69
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · February 23, 1966
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- MARVIN JAMES WILSONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 63
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 64
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 64
- CHARLES E DYSON JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 65
- HONDAH DOVE ELPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 65
- MATTHEW HOUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 65
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 65
- DALMER DOLAN JUREKSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 66
- WINSTON MORRISPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 66
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 66
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 67
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 67
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 67
- KENNETH ALDERSON REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
- FRANKIE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 68
- JIMMY CLYDE SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 68
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- MARVIN JAMES WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 69
From Bound Brook
- FRED JOHN PAULPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- ANTANAS ARVIDA PRIZGINTASSecond Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN HAYES JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
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.