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WILLIAM FRANKLIN STRINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1944 – June 25, 1969
Service recordWilliam Franklin Stringer, of Booneville, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 16
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Booneville, Mississippi (Prentiss County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 16
- BARRY NEAL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- ROY KENNETH WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID AYERSCorporal · June 26, 1969
- ANTON WALTER BOROSKICaptain · June 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KRIS BLUMERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 12
- JAMES HILLARY DANKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 12
- DARNELL HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 13
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 13
- ROBERT LEE KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 13
- THOMAS WALTER FABERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 15
- ROBERT CARL SNETHENPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 15
- BARRY NEAL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 16
From Booneville
- KENNETH BRAXTON CARPENTERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- LARRY FLOYD DODDSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
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.