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CHARLES BENNETT STIGALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1944 – November 26, 1967
Service recordCharles Bennett Stigall, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 94
- ARTHUR WILLIAM RIEGEL JRCorporal · November 26, 1967
- RAYFORD NEAL SEWELLSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- LONNIE LEE SILVERLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID LEROY TASKERPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PAUL BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 30E, Line 88
- JOHN A MERCURIOCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 93
- DIEGO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 93
- ROBERT DWIGHT TAYLORMaster Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 95
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.
