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ANTHONY STANDIFER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1949 – September 18, 1969
Service recordAnthony Standifer, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 111
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 111
- JOHNNIE ROBERT MILLERCorporal · September 18, 1969
- JERRY DAVID RICEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1969
- JAMES DENNIS SLATTERYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1969
- LARRY DALE STROUSESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.