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STANLEY ALFRED MENSING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 1, 1948 – August 12, 1969
Service recordStanley Alfred Mensing, of Beckemeyer, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 18
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Beckemeyer, Illinois (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 18
- TILMEN VERGES BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- FRANCIS MCDOWALL JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 12, 1969
- HAROLD GENE MILESSergeant · August 12, 1969
- PETER ROBERT MILLSCorporal · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GRADY LEE BREWERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 9
- CLARENCE FRANK BRISTOLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 9
- CARL PARTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 19
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.