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WILLIAM JOHN STEDL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1949 – March 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam John Stedl, of Greenleaf, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 3
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Greenleaf, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 3
- ALLAN DAVID MORTENSENSergeant · March 10, 1969
- CECIL WAYNE TILLMANCorporal · March 10, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE ALLENDORFCorporal · March 11, 1969
- DAVID BRUCE ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESSE HAROLD ARCHERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 98
- JAMES LUTHER CAMERONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 99
- LEON COITSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 100
- ARTHUR GEORGE-PIZARROSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 101
- JOHN EDWARD LORTZ IIICorporal · Panel 30W, Line 102
- JULIUS AUGUSTA MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 1
From Greenleaf
- RONALD JOHN RAYLance Corporal · August 12, 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.