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THOMAS STEPHEN STAFFORD
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 12, 1948 – December 21, 1969
Service recordThomas Stephen Stafford, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 21, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 80
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 80
- GARY MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1969
- MELVIN SULLIVANSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- STANLEY EDWARD TAYLORSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- FRANCIS A TRINCHITELLASpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.