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JAMES ROBERT STOUT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1951 – May 2, 1971
Service recordJames Robert Stout, of Valley Station, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 22
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Valley Station, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 22
- JEFFERY CAMON GOODRICHSpecialist Four · May 2, 1971
- RONALD JOE LARSONSpecialist Five · May 2, 1971
- EDMUND LAMBERT MACNEIL IIIStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER JONATHAN NEALESpecialist Five · May 2, 1971
From Valley Station
- CARL AUGUSTUS BALLENGERStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- ARTHUR DWIGHT SINGLETONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- REUBEN CARL MCMACKINS JRCorporal · April 14, 1968
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE CRUSELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- THEODORE IRWIN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · May 4, 1970
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.