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DAVID HENRY STOPPELWERTH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1943 – January 18, 1970
Service recordDavid Henry Stoppelwerth, of West Chester, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 44
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1943
- Home of record
- West Chester, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 44
- STEVEN AL MUELLERFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1970
- CHARLES JAMES NOLDERStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1970
- KENNETH LARRY STOKESSpecialist Five · January 18, 1970
- MARK EDWARD TONTISpecialist Four · January 18, 1970
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.