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JIMMY CLIFORD STINNETT
Seaman · U.S. Navy
July 7, 1946 – May 21, 1965
Service recordJimmy Cliford Stinnett, of Cartersville, Virginia, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 21, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- July 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Cartersville, Virginia (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 122
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BERNARD JAMES KELLEYSergeant First Class · May 22, 1965
- RONALD IRWIN KRAUSSAirman Second Class · May 22, 1965
- HARRY RAY SWIGERSergeant First Class · May 22, 1965
From Cartersville
- LARRY EDWARD GILLIAMPrivate First Class · December 3, 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.