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EDWARD EARL STUMP
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 30, 1932 – November 14, 1969
Service recordEdward Earl Stump, of Clinton, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 14, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 76
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Clinton, Missouri (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 76
- JAMES C RUMMERFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- DENNIS LEE STEVENSCorporal · November 14, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD SULLIVANSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- DAVID LEE TEICHSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
From Clinton
- WILBUR RAY LUCASSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRANCIS PATRICK ROYALPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- STEPHEN JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES TYEPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- ROBERT LEE JAMESLance Corporal · September 2, 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.