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STANLEY DEAN CALVIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – February 21, 1970
Service recordStanley Dean Calvin, of El Dorado, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 41
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 41
- JAMES CLINTON DEFRANCOPrivate First Class · February 21, 1970
- LON DOUGHERTY JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- STEVEN GILL EPPERSONFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1970
From El Dorado
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALAN WHITEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · August 23, 1969
- WALTER LEE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · October 31, 1972
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.