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HENRY LEE STAFFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1948 – July 1, 1969
Service recordHenry Lee Stafford, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 43
- RICHARD ALLEN LAVENDERPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- JACK EDWARD LUNTSFORDChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS PROUEPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL BRYANPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ODEAN HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 41
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.