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KEITH ARTHUR STODDARD
Private · U.S. Army
September 20, 1950 – February 1, 1971
Service recordKeith Arthur Stoddard, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 73
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 73
- RICHARD DALE RANDOLPHSergeant · February 1, 1971
- MICHAEL PAUL AUSTINFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1971
- DARRELL WAYNE COWANSpecialist Four · February 2, 1971
- ROBERT ELWOOD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1971
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
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.