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ROY DIXON STOFFREGEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 23, 1945 – February 19, 1969
Service recordRoy Dixon Stoffregen, of Munford, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Munford, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 62
- RONALD DEAN SHAFFPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- BARRY WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- STEVEN DALE TANNERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- ELTON RAY VENABLESergeant · February 19, 1969
From Munford
- CHARLIE LEWIS WALKERPrivate First Class · June 22, 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.