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GREGORY MARTIN STONE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 1, 1949 – March 24, 1971
Service recordGregory Martin Stone, of Torrance, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 74
- THOMAS CHRIST SHEPHERD SRSergeant First Class · March 24, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID SMITHSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
- WILLIAM F THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
- RONALD FREDERICK YALEFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1971
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
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.