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JOHN WAYNE STILLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1942 – December 30, 1967
Service recordJohn Wayne Stilley, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 5
- CLARENCE MATTUE ADAMSStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1967
- LOUIS SUTERA JRSergeant · December 30, 1967
- SMITH SWORDS IIIColonel · December 30, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES TINGLEYLance Corporal · December 30, 1967
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.