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DAVID CARL STANLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1945 – September 14, 1967
Service recordDavid Carl Stanley, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1945
- Home of record
- West Chester, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 73
- HAYWOOD WADE TIPSY JRLance Corporal · September 14, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE TREIBLEYSergeant · September 14, 1967
- GARY ROBERT WILSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE WILSONCorporal · September 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 71
- WILLIAM D HUYLER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 72
- PERLEY MILFORD LONG JRPrivate · Panel 26E, Line 72
- THOMAS E MURRAYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 72
- JOSEPH SHEPHERD ROSE JRCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 72
From West Chester
- GENE SMEDLEY MCMULLENSecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1966
- ERNEST E ORENDORFF JRCorporal · August 3, 1966
- BLAINE A DEBOARD JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- LOUIS FULDA GUILLERMINMajor · April 30, 1968
- DWIGHT DAWSON JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- PAUL LEONARD COSGRIFFSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 10, 1971
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.