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NADE MICHAEL STANICH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1949 – July 4, 1970
Service recordNade Michael Stanich, of Lexington, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Lexington, Michigan (Sanilac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 120
- RANDOLPH SPIERSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- FRANK EDWIN STEARNSWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1970
- WILLIAM LEE SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1970
- GARY DENNIS THADENSergeant · July 4, 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.