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JOHN MARVIN STENBERG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1948 – May 26, 1969
Service recordJohn Marvin Stenberg, of International Falls, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 113
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1948
- Home of record
- International Falls, Minnesota (Koochiching County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 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
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 113
- SCOTT EDWARD SAYLORSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
- ROBERT H SIGHOLTZ JRCaptain · May 26, 1969
- JAMES TITMAS IIIPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- RALPH HEMAN CROWLEYSergeant · May 27, 1969
From International Falls
- BARNEY KAATZSergeant First Class · April 6, 1962
- STEVEN OWEN SCHULTZPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- ANTON PROSZEK JRSpecialist Five · April 27, 1967
- RICARD THOMAS BUNNISLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN LONGTINEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- EARL MERRILL DENEENSergeant · April 27, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH WHITECorporal · August 24, 1969
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · September 11, 1969
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.