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MERLIN CLARENCE STELPFLUG
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 20, 1947 – September 21, 1967
Service recordMerlin Clarence Stelpflug, of Dickeyville, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Dickeyville, Wisconsin (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 102
- EDGAR JAMES GUINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN HAMBLINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- BRENT ARTHUR HOLTELance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD LOFTONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT STANLEY BAIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 98
- CHARLES EDWARD LOFTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 102
- DAVID GEORGE WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 110
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.