The Wall › Panel 31W › New York › John Joseph Stahl
JOHN JOSEPH STAHL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Stahl, of Floral Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Floral Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 23
- JERRY DEAN SPRADLINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- LARRY DEAN STAGGSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE STANBERRYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- EDWARD BERNARD STEELESergeant First Class · February 23, 1969
From Floral Park
- JOSEPH PRICE LIPTONLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- JOEL BARRY WARSHAWSKYCorporal · September 22, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM TAPPE JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ALBERICILance Corporal · August 24, 1968
- LEONARD CHARLES LEESERCaptain · January 28, 1970
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · April 30, 1971
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.