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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Panormitis Stavlas.

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PANORMITIS STAVLAS

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

January 11, 1946 – January 28, 1972

Service record

Panormitis Stavlas, of Pierce, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2W · Line 101

Position of Panel 2W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Administrative Officer (2120)
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
January 11, 1946
Home of record
Pierce, Florida (Polk County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 28, 1972
Age
26
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

Two names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1972; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 2W, Line 101

Same unit, same day

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.