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HARRY JAMES STONE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – May 18, 1970
Service recordHarry James Stone, of Anaheim, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; five 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 10W, Line 62
- MICHAEL HEINRICHCorporal · May 18, 1970
- CARWAIN L HERRINGTONSergeant · May 18, 1970
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
- ROBERT DANIEL UNRUESpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT KENNETH COLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 60
- JOHN EDWARD DARLING JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 61
- CARLTON COE GRAYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 61
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 62
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
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.