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STANLEY STEPHEN GASTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – January 9, 1969
Service recordStanley Stephen Gaston, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 59
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 1969
- RONALD LARRY DAVIDSONSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- BOBBY JOE DUNHAMSergeant First Class · January 9, 1969
- JOE HENRY ELLISSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN BAUZA-PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 57
- REX WAYNE BLISARDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 58
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 58
- RONALD LARRY DAVIDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 59
- BRUCE BRADLEY HARTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 60
- WILLIAM MILLER RIDDLESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 61
- WILBUR JERRY SIEGRISTPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
- RALPH PAUL TERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.