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RAYMOND L STANSBURY II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – August 17, 1970
Service recordRaymond L Stansbury II, of Doraville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Doraville, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 120
- DAVID LEROY RAMSAYCaptain · August 17, 1970
- SCOTT EDWARD SCHNEIDERCaptain · August 17, 1970
- CHARLIE WILLIAM TAYLORLance Corporal · August 17, 1970
- PHILLIP ROGERSON WELLONSMajor · August 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KEITH JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 118
- PATRICK RORY OBRIENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 119
- GUY WESLEY PATTONSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 119
- MERLYN LEE WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 121
From Doraville
- DAVID EUGENE BENSONCaptain · September 18, 1965
- GEORGE MAGEE LAMBERTON IIPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- CAREY WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- HOWARD DAVID PAYNE IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 27, 1971
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.