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WILLIAM LEROY STUBBE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 25, 1945 – October 1, 1966
Service recordWilliam Leroy Stubbe, of Central City, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Central City, Nebraska (Merrick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 34
- EDWARD ANTHONY URIBEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- RODRICK PIUS WHALENPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- JOHN DUTRA ANDRADESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- LARRY WILLIAM BAILEYSpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICOPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 32
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.