Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 31-Aug-1948
Hometown: Odessa, Texas
Marital status: Married to Carolyn L. Stevenson, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 16-Jan-1969
Start of tour: 4-Dec-1969
Incident date: 24-Jul-1970
Date of casualty: 24-Jul-1970
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Vehicle Crash (MC). Vehicle loss or crash.
Greg Douglas Stevenson was killed while commander of a military vehicle on a military mission when the vehicle slid over an embankment and overturned. / Tank commander on tank on reconnaissance mission. Vehicle went over 15 foot embankment and tipped over.
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam, YT 278 256
Place of interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Odessa, Texas, USA
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