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STANLEY MELVIN CLINGLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1950 – March 26, 1969
Service recordStanley Melvin Clingler, of Lebanon, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Indiana (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 44
- RICHARD EUGENE BRENNEMANCorporal · March 26, 1969
- NICHOLAS CANCILLAPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1969
- TIMOTHY LYNN CARLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- FRANK ANTHONY DIFIGLIALieutenant Colonel · March 26, 1969
From Lebanon
- ROBERT LEE REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- DAVID R FISHERSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE VEACHLance Corporal · June 19, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE HEFFNERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID HALECorporal · August 18, 1968
- RICHARD CRAIG STEVENSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
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.