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CHUCK MICHAEL STADEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1948 – April 5, 1969
Service recordChuck Michael Stadel, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 22
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 22
- LARRY RIEK RIEKENSergeant · April 5, 1969
- PAUL ALLEN SMITHPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- DOUGLAS LEE VANDE-VEGTECorporal · April 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE WERTMANCorporal · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN COLLINS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 16
- LAWRENCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 16
- DOUGLAS LEE VANDE-VEGTECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 22
From Aurora
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · March 21, 1967
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
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.