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WILLIAM JOHN STALNECKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1947 – February 6, 1966
Service recordWilliam John Stalnecker, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 7
- STEVEN P MOLLOHANStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1966
- DENNIS LACO MORGANPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 5
- PHILLIP R LOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 6
- DENNIS LACO MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 7
- JAMES BAKER WOODS IIICaptain · Panel 5E, Line 8
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.