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THEODORE ARTHUR STAMPFLI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – February 27, 1968
Service recordTheodore Arthur Stampfli, of Susanville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Susanville, California (Lassen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 55
- JOSE ANTONIO HINOJOSAPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- DUANE HAROLD SNYDERSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- GEORGE EDGAR SPECKPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- CORNELIUS WILLIAM STRASSNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EDWARD ALESHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 47
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 49
- LOUIS HENRY MCFARLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 52
- WILLIAM WAKEFIELD ROUSHMajor · Panel 41E, Line 54
- MITCHELL FRANCIS SEKSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 54
- CORNELIUS WILLIAM STRASSNERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 55
From Susanville
- JERRY DON JONESPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- JERRY BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- EARL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- FRED FRENCHSpecialist Four · September 24, 1970
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.