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MICHAEL FORRESTER STEARNS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1943 – March 9, 1967
Service recordMichael Forrester Stearns, of San Francisco, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 49
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 16, 1943
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 49
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN SOMMERERPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
- LARRY JONATHAN WADDELLSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CALVIN HUFFMaster Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 45
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.