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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Frankie Stanley.

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FRANKIE STANLEY

Private First Class · U.S. Army

December 3, 1948 – August 26, 1969

Service record

Frankie Stanley, of Sheridan, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 19W · Line 123

Position of Panel 19W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Pioneer (12A)
Unit (as recorded)
A CO 19 ENG BN USARV
Born
December 3, 1948
Home of record
Sheridan, Illinois (La Salle County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 26, 1969
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

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38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 19W, Line 123

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.