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GILES WARREN STALLARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1948 – October 6, 1968
Service recordGiles Warren Stallard, of Saltville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Saltville, Virginia (Smyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 20
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- RICHARD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- ELDON WAYNE SMITHSergeant · October 6, 1968
- RICHARD DURAND STEVENSSpecialist Four · October 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 18
- LARRY LYLE WARBISPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 21
From Saltville
- ROBERT KEITH WORLEYSergeant · February 13, 1966
- HERBERT ALANSON FRYEPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- BLAKE WILEY FARRIS JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- TROY RAY HAYDENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- CHARLES ELBERT FINNEYMajor · March 17, 1969
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.