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WILLIAM BYRON STUTES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1941 – September 10, 1967
Service recordWilliam Byron Stutes, of Oceanside, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 52
- THOMAS ALBERT KRISPINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SPAULDINGPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
- FRED DAVID STGEORGESergeant · September 10, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE TRAUGHBERCorporal · September 10, 1967
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.