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JEFFREY RANDALL STOKES
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 10, 1948 – October 5, 1971
Service recordJeffrey Randall Stokes, of Anaheim, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 34
- FREDERICK OLEN JONESSergeant First Class · October 2, 1971
- DAVID LEE HANNSpecialist Four · October 3, 1971
- LARRY WILLIAM CHANEYPrivate First Class · October 4, 1971
- SIDNEY ALLEN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · October 4, 1971
- GARY LEE MIZNERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1971
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
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.