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DAVID STONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordDavid Stone, of Scottdale, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 53
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Scottdale, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 53
- ROBERT VENARD SHRACK JRSergeant · March 26, 1969
- JAMES LLOYD STEWARTSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD WATSONSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL KENNETH HINKELPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 47
- JAMES LEE LOCKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 49
- RAND RUSSELL MERKERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 50
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 54
- DONNIS GLEN WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 55
From Scottdale
- TROY LEE KNIGHTSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
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.