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ERNEST LEE STANFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1947 – July 30, 1969
Service recordErnest Lee Stanford, of Adel, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 78
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Adel, Georgia (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 78
- JOHN RAY STASHONSKYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- HAROLD OLIVER STUMPSpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
- SAMUEL W WALTHOUR JRSpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
From Adel
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN HARRELLSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- CARL WAYNE HUGHESPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- DONALD JUNE CORBETTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- OSCAR LEE GRIFFINLance Corporal · November 18, 1969
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.