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MONTE LEWIS STAMM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1949 – December 15, 1969
Service recordMonte Lewis Stamm, of Wallingford, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 60
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Wallingford, Kentucky (Fleming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 60
- DAVID ALLEN PENDELLCorporal · December 15, 1969
- JOHN ROCHEFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1969
- DONALD RAY ROSESpecialist Five · December 15, 1969
- DON EUGENE STOCKTON JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 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.