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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 John E Stackhouse.

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JOHN E STACKHOUSE

Captain · U.S. Air Force

November 21, 1939 – September 13, 1966

Service record

John E Stackhouse, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 13, 1966, in Thailand, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10E · Line 93

Position of Panel 10E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
7 AF
Born
November 21, 1939
Home of record
Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 13, 1966
Age
26
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.

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

Also on Panel 10E, Line 93

Same unit, same day

From Kansas City

All 150 names from Kansas City →

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.