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RICHARD ALLEN STANLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 26, 1949 – September 4, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Stanley, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 35
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
- 0v-1 Airplane Repairman (67H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1969, 664 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 18W, Line 35
- TERRY SIDNEY SMALLPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES THEODORE THIELGESSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEITZELSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- DAVID ALBERTLance Corporal · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD PETER BEGNOCHESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 31
- JOHN EDWARD KLINGENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 33
- MICHAEL ROBERT REITZCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 34
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.