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STANLEY ROBERT RAJALA
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 27, 1945 – August 8, 1969
Service recordStanley Robert Rajala, of Watton, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Watton, Michigan (Baraga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 115
- MICHAEL HARRIS PAINTERPetty Officer First Class · August 8, 1969
- MANUEL FRANCISCO PARRASergeant · August 8, 1969
- GEORGE WASHINGTON PIERCESergeant First Class · August 8, 1969
- HENRY LEE PIPPINSergeant Major · August 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WESLEY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 111
- ROY OTIS BUCHANANPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 111
- DONALD PRIESTER CANDLERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 111
- HARRY GARRIGUSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 113
- RICHARD JOHN NOLDINCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 114
- RICHARD RALPH OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 114
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.