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STANLEY WILLIAM DRIZA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1946 – December 22, 1967
Service recordStanley William Driza, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 43
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 43
- PHILLIP GENE CANTRELLPrivate · December 22, 1967
- WILMER PAUL COOKLieutenant Commander · December 22, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY COOPERSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PETER B BUSHEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 42
- EDWARD LEE POLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 42
- ROBERT WESLEY COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 43
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 44
- RODGER DALE HASTESpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 44
- MERLIN CHARLES HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 44
- HARRY WADE HORTON JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 45
- LARRY PAUL BLACKPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 46
- CHARLES C PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 46
- TIMOTHY HOWARD RINEHARTCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 46
- THOMAS DALE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 46
- MARTIN PETER SCHWARTZPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 47
- JOSEPH LEVI SEEKFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 47
- MICHAEL MELVIN SENGERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 47
- EARL EDWARD TYREEPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 47
- LEWIS WILLIAM SIGELPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 48
- ANGEL VEGAPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 48
- KENYON GARY WELLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 49
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.