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ROBERT BERYL STAFFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1917 – January 31, 1968
Service recordRobert Beryl Stafford, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 52 INF USARV
- Born
- December 10, 1917
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 52 INF USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 38
- JAMES STANCELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD STAPLESSecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- STEPHEN WILLIAM STARKPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES LEWIS WAGESSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LEE BRADDOCKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 88
- JAMES EDWARD WALSHCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 41
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- WILLARD FRANKLIN MORELOCKStaff Sergeant · September 24, 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.