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STUART GLEN HOSTETTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1950 – June 11, 1969
Service recordStuart Glen Hostetter, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 22
- CHARLIE WILL FARMER JRStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1969
- EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- HARRY GROVER KUNKLER IIISpecialist Five · June 11, 1969
- JACK CHARLES LEESpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD JEROME CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 19
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 23
- PETER LYNCHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 23
- BOBBY GLENN OLIVERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 25
- CHARLIE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 26
- DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
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.