The Wall › Panel 47W › Tennessee › John D Stringfellow JR
JOHN D STRINGFELLOW JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1946 – August 22, 1968
Service recordJohn D Stringfellow JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 33
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · August 22, 1968
- KENYU SHIMABUKUROGunnery Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- THOMAS KING SMITHSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERTO LAY GABANASpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 27
- LAWRENCE EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 32
- RICHARD LEE TREASCaptain · Panel 47W, Line 34
- ALLEN PRICE WEAVERSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 35
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.