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STAN MENDY
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
February 8, 1924 – May 12, 1970
Service recordStan Mendy served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 26
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Corrections Specialist (95C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1924
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 26
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT LEE LEMONSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- LEOPOLDO AYALA LOPEZSergeant · May 12, 1970
- RONALD JAMES MILNESpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VINCENT BALLAYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 21
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.