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ROBERT WILLIAM STANLEY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 18, 1941 – April 1, 1967
Service recordRobert William Stanley, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 557 TFS
- Born
- April 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “557 TFS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 88
- ROBERT PAUL RUMINSKILance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- ALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
- BENNIE HOWARD STRAITPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HENRY JOURDENAISMajor · Panel 17E, Line 86
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.