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WALLACE A STOCKSTILL JR
Private · U.S. Army
May 27, 1948 – February 3, 1970
Service recordWallace A Stockstill JR, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 98
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D TRP 2 SQD 1 CAV 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 98
- J M CHILDRESSPrivate First Class · February 3, 1970
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1970
- LARRY EDWARD NEWMANPrivate First Class · February 3, 1970
- ERNEST ARBALLO RIVERA JRGunnery Sergeant · February 3, 1970
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.