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DENNIS JOHN STANLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – January 3, 1969
Service recordDennis John Stanley, of Atascadero, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 29
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 554 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Atascadero, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 554 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 29
- LARRY RANDALL MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- MOISES A REYES JRSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- KENNETH LARMAR SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- STANLEY DEAN WHITEFirst Lieutenant · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 25
- ELDRIDGE MAURICE DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 25
- JERRY DUNLAPSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- PATRICK CARL GOLLIHERSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- MOISES A REYES JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 29
- WALDON JEROME SWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 30
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UNSINNSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 30
- GERHARD W C VANDERFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 30
From Atascadero
- ROBERT STANLEY MAGUIREPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES HANSENPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- TERRY DIXON RATLIFFLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES PADDOCKCorporal · June 28, 1969
- MARK CARL ALFORDSergeant · September 3, 1969
- ERIC ALAN BOSCHPrivate · December 27, 1969
- GARY DEAN HALLIDAYPrivate First Class · March 25, 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.