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JOHN LESLIE STABLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1949 – August 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Leslie Stabler, of Summerdale, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Summerdale, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 55
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- RICHARD ORRIN SOPERWarrant Officer 1 · August 23, 1968
- EDWARD SAMUEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- JOHN PAUL SUPERCZYNSKI JRCorporal · August 23, 1968
From Summerdale
- PAUL WILLIAM MALECSergeant · May 14, 1966
- LEONARD EARL GILESLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JOHN IRVING LASSITTERFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1970
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.