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WAYLAND DAN STEMBRIDGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 26, 1947 – July 19, 1969
Service recordWayland Dan Stembridge, of Anaconda, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 4 BN 503 INF 173 ABN BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Anaconda, Montana (Deer Lodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE ROY SEEKAMPPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- ROY DEAN SIKKINKLieutenant (junior grade) · July 19, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVIS STEELEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- WALLATE FRED THIBODEAUStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
From Anaconda
- PATRICK JAY FLEMINGLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
- RONALD JOHN MOEFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH THOMASLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1970
- EUGENE FLOYD MCNALLYLieutenant Commander · May 16, 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.