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WILLIAM TERRY STODARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – January 3, 1971
Service recordWilliam Terry Stodard, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1971, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 24
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
- Strategic Microwave Systems Repairer (26V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 24
- FERRIS ANSEL RHODES JRMajor · January 3, 1971
- LONNIE LEE STERNPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
- CHARLES WAYNE STRATTONMajor · January 3, 1971
- DAVID ALEXANDER TRESTERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1971
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
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.