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JAMES MICHAEL STANDEFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 20, 1947 – December 1, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Standeford, of Chetopa, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 19
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Chetopa, Kansas (Labette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 19
- MICHAEL DEAN ROGERSPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- TULLIE ROSCOE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD STUTTSPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- RICHARD DEAN WALLACEPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EARL ALFORD IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 16
- CURTIS RAY CRUMPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 16
- ROGER ALLEN HOLTECorporal · Panel 37W, Line 16
- JERRY ALLEN KISERCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 17
- MICHAEL DEAN ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
- TULLIE ROSCOE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
- RICHARD DEAN WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
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.