The Wall › Panel 6W › Kentucky › John Curtis Stringer II
JOHN CURTIS STRINGER II
Captain · U.S. Army
January 12, 1946 – November 30, 1970
Service recordJohn Curtis Stringer II, of Hazard, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 30, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 99
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Hazard, Kentucky (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 30, 1970
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6W, Line 99
- JAMES DALE JONESFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1970
- ROBERT GENE MOORESpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- BENJAMIN ROY NELSON JRCorporal · November 30, 1970
- PATRICK JAMES PAULICHPrivate · November 30, 1970
From Hazard
- BILLY RAY PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES COMBSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
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.