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JERRY MICHAEL STONE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – May 30, 1968
Service recordJerry Michael Stone, of Lockhart, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Lockhart, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 3
- DAVID EUGENE SWIHARTSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- JAMES LAWRENCE THOMASPlatoon Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- WILLIAM WILBUR JRCorporal · May 30, 1968
- ANDREW KUNG YOUNGFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 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.