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KENNETH LEON STANCIL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 20, 1934 – December 28, 1965
Service recordKenneth Leon Stancil, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 28, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 44
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1934
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 28, 1965
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1965; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 44
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- JOHN STEPHEN SCHMIDFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1965
- THOMAS FARRELL ELDRIDGEFirst Lieutenant · December 29, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JASPER DUEL CLARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 43
- DONALD CARROLL GRELLASpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 43
- GERALD LOREN KUHNLYSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 43
- EDWARD API LOVELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 43
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 44
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 44
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
- CLAIBORNE PARKS MCCALLFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 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.