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HARREL EARL STEARNS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 21, 1943 – June 16, 1969
Service recordHarrel Earl Stearns, of Nacogdoches, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 60
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Nacogdoches, Texas (Nacogdoches County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 60
- THOMAS EDWARD HUGHESSpecialist Four · June 16, 1969
- LEROY HARRY SCOTTCorporal · June 16, 1969
- ALBERT JOSEPH SMITHLieutenant Colonel · June 16, 1969
- RUDOLPH MICHAEL STEFANICPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HALLIA LEON GRIFFIN JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 57
- TONY LEE MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 59
From Nacogdoches
- JERRY MACK WALLAirman First Class · May 18, 1966
- RALPH BAMFORD WALKER IICaptain · May 29, 1967
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JOHNNY BEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCKSergeant · June 12, 1969
- WADE ANTHONY GREERCaptain · November 5, 1969
- SAMUEL ROY LYNCHSpecialist Four · December 18, 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.