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WILLIE DOUGLAS STEPHENS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1933 – March 6, 1970
Service recordWillie Douglas Stephens, of Marianna, Florida, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 89
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 15, 1933
- Home of record
- Marianna, Florida (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 89
- OSSIE RICHARDSONPrivate · March 6, 1970
- JERRY WILLIAM RUSSELLSergeant · March 6, 1970
- ROBERT DUANE SHIPMANStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1970
- FRANCIS LOUIS WARE IIICorporal · March 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WARREN FINZELMaster Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 87
- WALTER BRUCE FOOTESergeant · Panel 13W, Line 88
- GEORGE EDMUND RAILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 13W, Line 88
From Marianna
- STANLEY GERALD HARTSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ROBERT WILLIE WALLERSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- AMOS HAYES BOUTWELLPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MURRAY JUNIOR JACKSONPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.