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THOMAS GARY STANDLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 19, 1945 – May 8, 1970
Service recordThomas Gary Standley, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 3
- JOHNNIE PICKENS JRSergeant · May 8, 1970
- PHILLIP JOE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- WAYNE KEITH SMITHSergeant · May 8, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN TUFFCorporal · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ALLEN DAVIDSONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 130
- HARRY GREGG FLIEGERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 130
- PATRICK ERNEST HENNENSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 131
- RICHARD ALAN MATHEISCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 1
- ROBERT EARLE MINCEYCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 1
- JOHNNIE PICKENS JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 3
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.