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JAMES DOYLE STOKES
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1947 – November 30, 1967
Service recordJames Doyle Stokes, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 17
- KENNETH R SHOEMAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- CLIFTON BRADLEY SMITHLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID SNYDERSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN STEGERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.