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NYMAN WILLIAM STELTER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1943 – March 8, 1969
Service recordNyman William Stelter JR, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Small Arms Repairer/Technician (2111)
- Born
- November 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 81
- DONALD LEE RUPESpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE SMELSERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- GLENN ROBERT STAIRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
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.