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HAROLD RICHARD STAFFORD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 30, 1942 – January 31, 1968
Service recordHarold Richard Stafford, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long 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 36E, Line 37
- GERALD MICHAEL MARKOSKICorporal · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES SMITHPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE SMITHPetty Officer Second Class · January 31, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 4
- ROBERT MICHAEL FINNEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 7
- GERALD LAMPLEY FITTSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 8
- LUEY VERNON HOLLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 15
- EVERETT WILSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 18
- TROY A LITTLEJOHNSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 22
- NORMAN LACY LONG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 22
- EDWARD MORRIS PIKESpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 30
- RICHARD JAMES RHODESSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 32
- BENNY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 36
- PATRICK JOSEPH STRAYERStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 39
- GERALD DEWAYNE SULLIVANSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 39
- ANTHONY F VANHULLE IISpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 40
- MURRAY LEE VERONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 40
- TERRY JOE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 42
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.