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WILLIAM HENRY STOUT III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – April 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam Henry Stout III, of Mt Morris, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Mt Morris, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 74
- MICHAEL E SCHAFERNOCKERPetty Officer Third Class · April 28, 1969
- RUFUS SIRMANSSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- COURTNEY A SKINNERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- ROGER LEE WARDSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER MICHAEL STENGEMSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 75
From Mt Morris
- NORMAN LEE ROY HOYTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD GREENCorporal · March 26, 1968
- DAVID LEE ADAMSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- GERARD JAMES BLUME JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL TOPOLINSKICorporal · January 18, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
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.