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WILLIAM DALE STOVALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1948 – October 31, 1968
Service recordWilliam Dale Stovall, of Sanford, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 69
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Sanford, Florida (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 69
- JOHN THOMPSON STIMSON JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ROGER WESLEY SWANSONStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD URBELISCorporal · October 31, 1968
- NORBERT OTTO WERNERSergeant · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN HENRY RAINESPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 67
- THOMAS EDWARD SIRBAUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 68
- EUGENE SPENCERStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 68
- ROBERT GEORGE STANKOPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 68
From Sanford
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
- EDWARD FRANK GOLDCommander · December 22, 1965
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
- MICHEAL JOHN DRAKEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- PATRICK LINDSEY HALLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD JONESPrivate First Class · July 5, 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.