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MELVIN JAMES STOCKDALE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 7, 1926 – January 29, 1966
Service recordMelvin James Stockdale, of Moorhead, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 115
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1926
- Home of record
- Moorhead, Minnesota (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1966
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 115
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE STPETERMajor · January 29, 1966
- ALBERT HIROSHI TATSUNOSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BURDICK FIELLERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 108
- MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 111
- HOWARD ALLEN SEILHEIMERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 114
- ROBERT EUGENE STPETERMajor · Panel 4E, Line 115
- ALLAN JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 117
From Moorhead
- ROBERT DARREL LARSONCaptain · February 2, 1962
- ALLEN JEROME RITTERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE K HINSCHBERGERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- DANIEL LAWRENCE AAMOLDAirman First Class · August 20, 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.