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WILLIAM MAYO STEVENSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1950 – December 20, 1969
Service recordWilliam Mayo Stevenson, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 75
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 75
- WOODROW WILSON SNYDER JRStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1969
- LARRY LESTER WOODSpecialist Four · December 20, 1969
- DOUGLAS WHITING YOUNGLance Corporal · December 20, 1969
- ROY JEFFREY BURKESpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
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.