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DAVID MICHAEL STJOHN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1948 – August 18, 1968
Service recordDavid Michael Stjohn, of Milford, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Milford, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 49
- JOHN FRANCIS SULLIVANCorporal · August 18, 1968
- LEE WESLEY SWAIN JRSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH LEON THOMASSergeant · August 18, 1968
- WALLACE OLDHAM TRAVERS JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
From Milford
- ROBERT JOSEPH GRITTEMaster Sergeant · March 4, 1967
- EUGENE FRANCIS CORMIERPrivate · September 22, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS HAMELPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH KALENCaptain · September 16, 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.