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JOHN THOMPSON STIMSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1943 – October 31, 1968
Service recordJohn Thompson Stimson JR, of East Islip, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1943
- Home of record
- East Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 69
- WILLIAM DALE STOVALLPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ROGER WESLEY SWANSONStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD URBELISCorporal · October 31, 1968
- NORBERT OTTO WERNERSergeant · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RALPH COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 63
- ANTONIO H DELA CERDA JRSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 63
From East Islip
- JACK WILLIAM WILKINSONPetty Officer First Class · August 30, 1967
- FRANK SARDINASpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES KIMMELFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- GUSTAV ALFRED JOHANNSENPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWIN NESKEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- FRANCIS XAVIER BUNKSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.