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GUY LYNN STOKES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1946 – May 16, 1970
Service recordGuy Lynn Stokes JR, of Commerce, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Commerce, Georgia (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 54
- MATEO RUELASSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- RICHARD ROBERT SKEENCommander · May 16, 1970
- SIDNEY MORTON SOLOMONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- EMILIO CABRERA SUPNET JRSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BYRON MAGRUDERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 52
- DONALD EUGENE RILESPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 53
From Commerce
- JACK MORRIS CARLANPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS HEMBREE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
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.