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JOHN F STIRLING
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1931 – March 8, 1967
Service recordJohn F Stirling, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 42
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 335 RADIO RESEARCH 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1931
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 42
- ROBERT LOUIS SMITHCorporal · March 8, 1967
- RICHARD TREMBLAYLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- ROOSEVELT AMISON JRCorporal · March 9, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD BARTRAMPrivate · March 9, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.