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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Arthur Stacy JR.

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WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JR

Captain · U.S. Army

March 7, 1941 – March 21, 1966

Service record

William Arthur Stacy JR, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6E · Line 35

Position of Panel 6E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
March 7, 1941
Home of record
Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 21, 1966
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 6E, Line 35

From Silver Spring

All 41 names from Silver Spring →

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.