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DONNIE MONROE STOKES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1943 – December 3, 1968
Service recordDonnie Monroe Stokes, of Dade City, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Dade City, Florida (Pasco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 36
- STEVEN MARK CONNELLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- DENNIS JOSEPH RUSSOPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY SHEFFIELDPrivate · December 3, 1968
- IRWIN NORMAN SOKALSergeant · December 3, 1968
- HENRY SZORPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
From Dade City
- STEVEN KARL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1969
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.