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BYRON CLARK STONE
Captain · U.S. Army
December 21, 1937 – August 20, 1964
Service recordByron Clark Stone, of Houston, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 21, 1937
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1964
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1964. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 62
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- ALAN BATES HARRIMANCaptain · August 15, 1964
- JAMES MICHAEL COYLECaptain · August 20, 1964
- WILLIAM DAVID HOWSA RAGINCaptain · August 20, 1964
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL COYLECaptain · Panel 1E, Line 62
- WILLIAM DAVID HOWSA RAGINCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 62
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 62
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JIMMY LEELAND CROUCHLance Corporal · September 26, 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.