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FOREST MICHAEL STONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1949 – July 5, 1970
Service recordForest Michael Stone, of Oaklandon, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 123
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Oaklandon, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 123
- RICHARD LEE SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 5, 1970
- MICHAEL KARL WAYMIRESergeant · July 5, 1970
- CHARLIE CORBETT BENTONPrivate · July 6, 1970
- HOWARD TYRONE BLEDSOECorporal · July 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE ARCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 121
- MICHAEL KARL WAYMIRESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 123
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.