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RICHARD LAURE STANSBARGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1950 – March 29, 1971
Service recordRichard Laure Stansbarger, of Clinton, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 93
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Clinton, Iowa (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 93
- ANDREW RICHARD STEWARD JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1971
- CRAWFORD HENRY TRAVERSergeant · March 29, 1971
- JAMES HARLEN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
- ALLEN EUGENE KINSMANSpecialist Four · March 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW RICHARD STEWARD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 93
From Clinton
- MARK ERNEST STOLTENBURGCorporal · July 21, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES DEWITTPrivate · September 3, 1966
- MERRITT THOMAS COUSINSLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- KENNETH R STUBBLEFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM SCHULTZStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · May 13, 1968
- ANSON THORNE GERONZIN JRSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH SHANNONSergeant · April 30, 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.