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JAMES GLENN STANDEFER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – February 18, 1968
Service recordJames Glenn Standefer, of Colorado City, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Colorado City, Texas (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
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 40E, Line 14
- TERRY JAMES SUTTONHospitalman · February 18, 1968
- HOMER TAYLOR JRCorporal · February 18, 1968
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE BRANDONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 1
- DARRELL LEE CABELLPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 2
- RHONDAL GENE CLAYPOOLSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 3
- DANIEL WILLIAMS IIISergeant · Panel 40E, Line 16
From Colorado City
- ROBERT ORLIFF DAVISPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- ROBERT WESLEY COOPERSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MANUEL GODINE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- RALPH MACK SMITHCorporal · October 27, 1969
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.