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MICHAEL LEIGH STACY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 6, 1946 – March 15, 1969
Service recordMichael Leigh Stacy, of Washington, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 49
- WILLIAM JAMES GRIFFINMajor · March 14, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE SPIEGELCaptain · March 15, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN STARKFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM LAMARR TANNERLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- TERRY EDWARD THARPPetty Officer Third Class · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE SPIEGELCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 49
From Washington
- JOHN THOMAS NELSONPetty Officer Second Class · October 27, 1967
- STANLEY BRUCE SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 10, 1968
- JAMES LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- TERRY DWIGHT MOORESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
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.