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STANLEY E TRUESDALE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 31, 1934 – April 12, 1963
Service recordStanley E Truesdale, of San Diego, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 12, 1963, in Thailand, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 21
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 776 TROOP CARRIER SQ
- Born
- August 31, 1934
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1963
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1963. In April 1963, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 21
- JERRY ALAN CAMPAIGNECaptain · April 8, 1963
- RAYMOND E DOYLE JRFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1963
- RICHARD L HATLESTADFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1963
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
From San Diego
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ABBOTTCaptain · April 20, 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.