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PHILIP CLARK STAFFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1945 – April 1, 1969
Service recordPhilip Clark Stafford, of Camarillo, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 105
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Camarillo, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 105
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD CHARLES SIMMONSSergeant · April 1, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE TAYLORChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN LEON GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 101
- TERRY WAYNE DICKERHOFFSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 103
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 103
- JESSE DON MORRIS JRSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 104
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 105
- MICHAEL GEORGE TAYLORChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 28W, Line 105
- DALE ARNOLD YATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 106
From Camarillo
- LEWIS ALBERT KIMMEL JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JAMES HENRY COONEYCorporal · July 4, 1967
- JAMES ROLAND PLAKELance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · February 1, 1968
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALWIN WESKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- RUSSELL GENE HOFERCorporal · July 27, 1968
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · August 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TREASURELance Corporal · October 16, 1968
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.