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STANLEY WILLIAM BEHM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – May 15, 1968
Service recordStanley William Behm, of Escondido, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Escondido, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh 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 60E, Line 18
- STEVEN EPEFANIO AMESCUAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH ANDERSONCaptain · May 15, 1968
- LESLIE GEORGE APUTENPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- HOMER B BELL JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOMER B BELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 18
- THOMAS WAYNE BISHOPPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 21
- BENJAMIN NILES GOLDBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 23
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 23
- EDMOND JOHN LANDERSCaptain · Panel 60E, Line 24
- DENNIS IRWIN PEDERSENSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 1
- JOHN JOSEPH SLIFKASpecialist Five · Panel 61E, Line 2
- DONALD FRANCIS VOGELSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- ROBERT WILKS WESTSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- MELVIN ALVIN WILDMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 5
From Escondido
- OSCAR CRUZPrivate · July 24, 1966
- JAMES FRANK MCELYEAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ULLMER JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- THOMAS FREDERICK DURBINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM MARTINSergeant · September 26, 1967
- JOHN PAUL MARKEN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- VICTOR M ORNELAS-ARELLANOSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZCorporal · January 20, 1969
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.