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JAMES STANTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1948 – August 12, 1969
Service recordJames Stanton, of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 25
- THEODUS MORRIS STANLEYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- GARY LUCKY STEPHENSONCorporal · August 12, 1969
- BEN WADE STONEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- DON RICHARD SYKESSergeant · August 12, 1969
From Honesdale
- REED JAY SCHWEIGHOFERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- JAMES EDSALLLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM COONSCorporal · February 12, 1970
- ROBERT EMERY COOKPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
- RICHARD JOSEPH TALLMANBrigadier General · July 9, 1972
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.