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JAMES ARTHUR STELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – July 20, 1968
Service recordJames Arthur Stell, of Point Marion, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 22
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Point Marion, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 51W, Line 22
- PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNAPetty Officer Second Class · July 15, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT TODDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- LESTER ARTHUR WATSONSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RAY WILEYLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- DENNIS HAROLD WIRTPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
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.