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JAMES DOUGLAS STOKES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1946 – May 3, 1966
Service recordJames Douglas Stokes, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- June 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 21
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.