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WILLIAM EDWARD STAINER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – January 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward Stainer, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 23
- FLOYD PETER SKAGGSCorporal · January 2, 1968
- DAVID RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- ODELL STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE BIRMINGHAMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 16
- GARY EVERET CLAYTONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- JEFFRY ARTHUR LARSONCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 19
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 20
- FREDERICK ANDREW PINESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 21
- GERALD FRANK RIEDLBERGERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- JOSE A C SILVEIRASergeant · Panel 33E, Line 22
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 24
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 24
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.