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SCOTT NEAL STANTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1948 – September 8, 1969
Service recordScott Neal Stanton, of Sherman Oaks, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Sherman Oaks, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. 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 60
- MARVIN JUSTIN TAYLORSergeant · September 8, 1969
- JEFFREY BORRWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT BOXPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- VICTOR PAUL CASSMEYER JRCorporal · September 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- AMBROSE H BROOKS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 58
From Sherman Oaks
- GREGORY GEORGE HUBBARDCorporal · October 31, 1967
- RONALD CORBIN ROUNTREELance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID PURDIECorporal · August 23, 1968
- RICHARD CARL PUGHWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
- PHILLIP HADDON MARKSLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- ALBRO LYNN LUNDY JRMajor · December 24, 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.