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STANLEY HORTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1947 – September 20, 1967
Service recordStanley Horton, of Castalia, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 26E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Castalia, North Carolina (Nash County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26E, Line 96
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- ROY GREEN HARRIS JRPlatoon Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- RICHARD DALE NORWOODSpecialist Four · September 20, 1967
- TERRY LEE OAKDENSergeant · September 20, 1967
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.