Tommy Lee Stephens

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04 Nov 1999 REMEMBERED by his cousin, Alan Stephens Chief Petty Officer, U S Navy (Ret)

07 May 2004 Tri-City Marine Dies in Vietnam. Marine Lance Corporal Tommy L. Stephens of Kennewick died Sunday in a hospital at Da Nang, South Vietnam. Two days earlier he received gunshot wounds while on patrol. He is the 13th Tri-Citian to be killed in the Vietnam War. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Stephens, 7121 W. Arrowhead Ave., Kennewick, he had been overseas nine months. Stephens graduated from Kennewick High School in 1965. He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene, Richland. He entered the service 12 Nov 1965, and was a member of Co. B, 1st Bn., 7th Marines. Surviving besides his parents are three sisters, Jeannine, Janice and Carla. His maternal grandmother is Ina New, Norcatur KS. He was born 2 Apr 1947, in Walla Walla. He had lived in the Tri Cities since 1951. Time for the funeral services will be set when the Marine's body arrives from overseas. Einan's Funeral Home has charge. (Tri-City Herald, Pasco WA, 20 Mar 1968) Funeral announcement: Burial in Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Kennewick WA (Tri-City Herald, Pasco WA) Photo and text courtesy of Darilee Bodnar bookstorelady@prodigy.net Faces from the Wall

Notes from The Virtual Wall On 15 March 1968 elements of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, were operating in "Happy Valley", a dozen miles southwest of Danang. The area was a hotbed of NVA and VC activity and, as the name implies, characterized by jungle-covered mountains. Over a four-day period - 15 to 18 March - the Battalion lost 17 Marines and one sailor to enemy action: 15 March: LCpl Douglas R. Mohrmann, Buzzards Bay, MA LCpl Tommy L. Stephens, Kennewick, WA (WIA 3/15; DoW 03/17/1968) 16 March: Pfc Edward J. Ariaz, Chicago, IL Pfc Kenneth R. Wells, Portsmouth, VA 17 March: 2ndLt George W. Coleman, Wildwood Crest, NJ (Silver Star) Cpl John Foldvary, Lincoln Park, MI Cpl John J. Harris, Iola, KS Cpl David L. Lipscomb, Richmond, VA HN George F. Myrick, Los Angeles, CA Pfc Robert B. Cannon, Bellbrook, OH Pfc Carl E. Garza, Refugio, TX Pfc Donald C. McNac, Cantonment, FL Pfc David H. Mealy, Pittsburgh, PA Pfc Larry J. Rodgers, Ranger, TX (Silver Star) Pfc Allen P. Sheehan, Muttontown, NY Pfc James Witt, Bayonne, NJ 18 March: LCpl Billy R. Bowen, Bonham, TX Pfc Sydney Parks, Columbus, OH

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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
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