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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Gregory William Stoddart.

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GREGORY WILLIAM STODDART

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

May 11, 1949 – April 6, 1970

Service record

Gregory William Stoddart, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12W · Line 102

Position of Panel 12W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Five (SP5)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Born
May 11, 1949
Home of record
Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 6, 1970
Age
20
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

15 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 12W, Line 102

From Oshkosh

All 21 names from Oshkosh →

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.