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DAVID ALAN STOKES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Alan Stokes, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 22
- MICHAEL WAYNE SIMONLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- DENNIS LEE SUTTONStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1968
- RICARDO ROBERT TEJANOWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1968
- RICHARD LARRY VINESSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 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.