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DONALD LAVEREN STILES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1948 – April 2, 1968
Service recordDonald Laveren Stiles, of Coudersport, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Atomic Demolition Munitions Specialist (12E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Coudersport, Pennsylvania (Potter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 41
- ROBERT ALLEN MOWERYSergeant · April 2, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- KARL FREDERICK PERRYFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PHILYAWStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID THOMAS CONNORSSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 39
- KARL FREDERICK PERRYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 41
- ROBERT GLYNN QUICKSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 42
- JOHN JOSEPH PALLPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 43
- KENNETH FRANCIS SCHORNDORFSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 43
From Coudersport
- EDWIN FRANKLIN TUBBSPrivate · January 12, 1969
- BRUCE CALVIN MAYNARDSergeant · June 6, 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.