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JAMES SHELTON STACEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – August 2, 1969
Service recordJames Shelton Stacey, of Belleville, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Belleville, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 89
- THOMAS KEVIN RYANSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN SHOOKSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS TALKENLieutenant Commander · August 2, 1969
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARTIN BALLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 84
- WILLIAM EUGENE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 85
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 86
- DANIEL ALBERT IRELANSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 87
- RICHARD KENNETH LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 87
- DWIGHT PINZA MCKEATHONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 88
- ALEXANDER P POMEROYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 88
- THOMAS KEVIN RYANSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 89
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 90
From Belleville
- ROGER DEAN BULIFANTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- ROBERT GORDON PETRIMOULXPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- KENNETH LIGE FULTONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- GREG ALLEN BARKERPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- GARY ALLEN KIRCHNERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1971
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.