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JAMES HUBERT STAFFORD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1937 – February 16, 1971
Service recordJames Hubert Stafford, of Oakland, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 112
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1937
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 112
- RALPH NATHANIEL PATTILLOLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1971
- JAMES MARTIN SIMONSpecialist Four · February 16, 1971
- GORDON ALAN STOAKLEYStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1971
- RICHARD DEAN BUCKLESCorporal · February 17, 1971
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.