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DAVID LOREN STOEHR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordDavid Loren Stoehr, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 15
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 15
- LARRY EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- ARTHUR CLARENCE TOWNSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN ANTUPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 5
- BERNARD TIMOTHY HANSENCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 9
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 15
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.