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HERBERT RALPH STONEKING
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 18, 1948 – December 19, 1971
Service recordHerbert Ralph Stoneking, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 89
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 89
- ANDREW HARRY MESHIGAUDStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1971
- PETER CHARLES FORAMEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1971
- DANIEL ROBERTS POYNORCaptain · December 19, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM SKILESWarrant Officer 1 · December 19, 1971
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.