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GERALD EDWARD STUBSTAD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1946 – July 15, 1966
Service recordGerald Edward Stubstad, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- March 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 26
- CARL WAYNE SCHLOEMERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- HEROLIN THADUS SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- LYNN SPANNPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.