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RICHARD WILLIAM STINDL
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 9, 1947 – May 15, 1969
Service recordRichard William Stindl, of Beloit, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 15, 1969, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 22
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Beloit, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 22
- EDDIE WENDELL SNIPESPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- WALTER ROBERT STACYWarrant Officer 1 · May 15, 1969
- JERRY DENVER THOMASSpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- AMADO ACOSTA VALENCIASpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DEWEY RUSSELL DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24W, Line 15
From Beloit
- WILLIAM PAUL MARTINSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT DEBOCKMajor · August 3, 1967
- LEONARD JOHN TAUSCHEKPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EDWIN FAY BROWNSergeant · January 10, 1968
- DENNIS MELVIN WOODStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1968
- JAMES PAUL MCCONNELLSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- JERRALD JOSEPH BULINSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ERNEST WILLIAM TEWSLance Corporal · April 30, 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.