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EURAL STANLEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1946 – February 15, 1968
Service recordEural Stanley JR, of Venice, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 53
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Venice, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 53
- RAMON SAUL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- MELVIN HILTON SANDERSPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- STEVAN ROY SARGENTSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- JIMMY LOUIS SILERPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
From Venice
- DAVID STANLEY DEMMONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1965
- RICHARD ALAN FRYECorporal · August 26, 1966
- HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- FELIX RAMON BOCANEGRALance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- STEVEN CATARINO MARTINEZSergeant · August 20, 1968
- STEVE EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · July 29, 1969
- WAYNE KEITH SMITHSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
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.