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BIRCH UDELL STEMMONS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1948 – June 10, 1970
Service recordBirch Udell Stemmons, of Columbia, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Surveillance Radar Crewman (17K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 41
- CLYDE DOUGLAS SANDERSCorporal · June 10, 1970
- RONALD WAYNE SIPKASergeant · June 10, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH VARDNERCorporal · June 10, 1970
- BILLY DEAN WEHUNTSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY MICHAEL BOOECorporal · Panel 9W, Line 37
From Columbia
- JERRY DALE BASNETTCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH HEIBELCorporal · August 12, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE IRVINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- BILLY JOE WYATTLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LON DAVIS RICHARDSCaptain · August 23, 1968
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- DALE RAYMOND JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HUTTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 14, 1969
- DOUGLAS GLYN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
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.