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BUDDY ALFONZA STANLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1934 – November 15, 1966
Service recordBuddy Alfonza Stanley, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 77
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1934
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 77
- WESLEY SHIMODAPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN STARCHERLance Corporal · November 15, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE THORNTONSergeant · November 15, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EUGENE DANIELSStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 73
- THOMAS SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 76
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.