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WILLIAM DEAN STURDEVANT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 16, 1949 – November 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Dean Sturdevant, of Brookings, South Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Brookings, South Dakota (Brookings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 10
- TERRY ALAN JOHNSONCorporal · November 2, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE SFERRUZZIPrivate First Class · November 2, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETONSergeant · November 2, 1968
- NOE TAMEYOZASpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACOB MCKIESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 9
- JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETONSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 10
From Brookings
- JOSEF LLOYD THORNEFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS BIBBYCorporal · February 5, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 15, 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.