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GERALD DUANE STONEMETZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1947 – January 8, 1969
Service recordGerald Duane Stonemetz, of Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania (Potter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 57
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JUAN BAUZA-PEREZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- ANTHONY JAY DEBONOPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.