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JAMES STEVEN STANLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1947 – March 16, 1970
Service recordJames Steven Stanley, of Opp, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 11
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Opp, Alabama (Covington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 11
- GORDON CHARLES STAUFFERCorporal · March 16, 1970
- FORREST DARRYL SUMTERCorporal · March 16, 1970
- DAVID WALDENSergeant First Class · March 16, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE WILSONPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 1970
From Opp
- JIMMY EARL DARBYPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- MAX DUANE KERSEYSpecialist Four · January 5, 1970
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.