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ALLAN EMILE STAHLSTROM
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 12, 1948 – May 10, 1969
Service recordAllan Emile Stahlstrom, of Markham, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 43
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Markham, Texas (Matagorda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 43
- DONALD ROBERT SANDERS JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- ARTURO SYLVESTER SISNEROSCorporal · May 10, 1969
- CHARLES PORTER SMITH JRCorporal · May 10, 1969
- RONNY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARCUS RANDOLPH BYOUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 36
- PAUL NORMAN KUPCHINSKASSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 40
- EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 42
- ROY STEPHEN THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 44
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.