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VIRGIL STANLEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1943 – February 27, 1967
Service recordVirgil Stanley JR, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (31L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 37 SIG BN 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- September 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 109
- DONACIANO FRANCIS KAUFMANSergeant · February 27, 1967
- OTIS BEVERLEY SINKSergeant · February 27, 1967
- ARTHUR CLARENCE SISCO JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
- TED DENNIS BRITTPrivate First Class · March 30, 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.