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EARL MICHAEL STANFORD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 11, 1949 – November 25, 1969
Service recordEarl Michael Stanford, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 123
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 123
- ROGER BERNARD SCHAEFERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- HECTOR VILLEGAS-VILASpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- MARVIN ALDRID VOELKER JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1969
- JON ANTHONY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.