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ERNEST JAMES STIDHAM
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 14, 1943 – December 22, 1968
Service recordErnest James Stidham, of Carmichael, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 66
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Carmichael, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 66
- WILLIE JAMES TATESpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
- MALCOLM ROSCOE TRUE JRPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- TERRY J WARDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- ALBERT GREEN WINGFIELD JRSpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUSTIN KENNETH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 60
- RICHARD GEORGE BARNARDSergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 61
- RICHARD THOMAS CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 61
- DONALD IGNATIUS CULSHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 62
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 62
- GARY WAYNE EVERETTPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 62
- DONALD GEORGE BOUSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 63
- CHARLES PHILLIP GLENNPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 63
- THOMAS LEE GOODALESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 63
- MANUEL DOMINIC MADRUGAFirst Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 64
- HENRY EUGENE MAULPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 64
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 64
- EDWARD ARNOLD MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 65
- DIONISIO SANCHEZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 65
- WILLIE JAMES TATESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 66
- MALCOLM ROSCOE TRUE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- TERRY J WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- ALBERT GREEN WINGFIELD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 66
- LEWIS CURTIS WUESTENBERGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 67
From Carmichael
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZASpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 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.