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DONALD LEE STONESIFER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 18, 1948 – August 11, 1968
Service recordDonald Lee Stonesifer, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 49
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 49
- JOHN KENNETH SCHMITT JRCorporal · August 11, 1968
- CHARLES E TEAGUELieutenant Colonel · August 11, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 11, 1968
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
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.