Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 63B – Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 23-Jul-1949
Hometown: Ft Payne, Alabama
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 12-Oct-1967
Start of tour: 1-Jul-1968
Incident date: 21-Apr-1969
Date of casualty: 21-Apr-1969
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Unknown. Other causes.
Gerald Wayne Stephens was killed while gunner on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a mine detonated. / Gunner on Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) on reconnaissance in force mission when hit hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 847 327
Place of interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
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