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GALE STOPHER JR
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
February 26, 1929 – April 10, 1970
Service recordGale Stopher JR, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 120
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 26, 1929
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 120
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE SISTRUNKStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1970
- KEVIN ARLEY STOUTCorporal · April 10, 1970
- EDWARD W STRAINStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1970
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.