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ALLAN JULIUS STEARNS
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 3, 1927 – July 20, 1967
Service recordAllan Julius Stearns, of Girard, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 20, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 95
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 3, 1927
- Home of record
- Girard, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 95
- RONALD KENNETH SCHUMACHERSergeant · July 20, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH MCGUIN STACEY JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
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.