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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Herbert J Stober.

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HERBERT J STOBER

Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

December 15, 1947 – March 19, 1969

Service record

Herbert J Stober, of Rochester, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 19, 1969, in Thailand, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 29W · Line 92

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Born
December 15, 1947
Home of record
Rochester, Wisconsin (Racine County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 19, 1969
Age
21
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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What was happening

61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

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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.