ルンガ沖夜戦
Sanford Stadtfeld was born on 18 June 1917 in San Francisco, California. He commissioned an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve on 10 July 1939. He was ordered to duty at the Naval Reserve Training Base, San Francisco, on 24 October 1940 and detached to on 8 January 1941. On 17 September, he transferred to and the following month was detached for duty on . He was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 June 1942 and killed in action during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942.