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STANLEY JOSEPH VOSSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1946 – May 6, 1968
Service recordStanley Joseph Vossen, of Inglewood, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 17
- WILBUR EUGENE SMITH JRSergeant · May 6, 1968
- HOWARD ANDREW THREETCorporal · May 6, 1968
- RICHARD FLOYD TURPIN IIISpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT VELASQUEZLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 37
- DAVID AZORESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 38
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 2
- BENJAMIN LOWELL HINNANTSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 8
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- EARNEST LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 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.