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EDWARD WILSON STONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – May 3, 1970
Service recordEdward Wilson Stone, of Manito, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 93
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Manito, Illinois (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 93
- THOMAS TIMOTHY SMITHSpecialist Six · May 3, 1970
- KENNETH BEN THOMASSpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- JAMES M TREESHCaptain · May 3, 1970
- GLEN ROBERT WITYCYAKStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GLENN CHRISTIE DUNCANStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 91
- THOMAS G HESSStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 91
- RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 92
- GLEN ROBERT WITYCYAKStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 93
From Manito
- JOHN WILLIAM FREDERICK JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 7, 1965
- JAMES ALLEN AZBELLSpecialist Four · February 23, 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.