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DONALD LOUIS STONEMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – December 17, 1968
Service recordDonald Louis Stoneman, of Galax, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 37
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
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Galax, Virginia (Galax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 37
- WALLACE FREDERICK SIMPKINStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1968
- MORTON HAROLD SINGERCaptain · December 17, 1968
- FRANK NORMAN SMITHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
- ROBERT FERRELL STOCKARDCorporal · December 17, 1968
From Galax
- RICHARD COLEN LUNDYCorporal · June 19, 1967
- DICKEY LARUE COOLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- E G AKERS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1970
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.