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VERNON GENE STICH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1946 – August 7, 1967
Service recordVernon Gene Stich, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- March 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 89
- VAN VERNON TRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- HAROLD SEAN TURSKEYCorporal · August 7, 1967
- ALLEN RUDOLPH VILKASSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- NARVIN OTTO WITTMAN JRLance Corporal · August 7, 1967
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ROBERT P CASPERSEN IISpecialist Four · November 15, 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.