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ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordEric Louis William Stauff, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 19
- LOUIE JOE SANDOVALPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- GEORGE H SCHROEDER JRStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JUNIOR TARPLEYSergeant · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 9
- RICHARD JOHN MYSKYWEIZPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 14
- FREDERICK LEO ROHANPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 17
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
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.