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JAMES MICHAEL STOKES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1948 – June 2, 1970
Service recordJames Michael Stokes, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 3
- MICHAEL ALFRED RASMUSSONCorporal · June 2, 1970
- DOUGLAS RAYMOND ULMSergeant · June 2, 1970
- DALE ARTHUR ANDERSONSergeant · June 3, 1970
- MICHAEL PHILIP BOUCHARDSergeant · June 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD JOHN KULHANEKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 2
- DOUGLAS RAYMOND ULMSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 3
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 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.