William Sterlin Stringham, age 22, from Garden, California, Orange county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, February 3, 1973
Death details: Aviation Machinists Mate Third Class William Sterling Stringham, who joined the U.S. Navy from California, was a member of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 115, embarked aboard the USS Midway (CVA 41). On February 3, 1973, he failed to report for duty at his assigned work center. A search of his sleeping quarters and a questioning of his acquaintances revealed that he had not been seen since that morning. The entire Midway was searched, but ADR3 Sterling was not seen or heard from following his disappearance, and his remains have not been recovered. Today, Aviation Machinists Mate Third Class Stringham is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency