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HAROLD E STANTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1941 – January 16, 1968
Service recordHarold E Stanton, of Jonesboro, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Illinois (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 60
- DAVID LOUIS PERKETTPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH THOMPSONLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 58
- KEVIN JAMES MAGUIRESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 59
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 60
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 61
From Jonesboro
- JOHN M BRIMMSergeant · January 3, 1968
- BOBBY KENNETH ALLENSpecialist Five · January 15, 1968
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.