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JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNER
Major · U.S. Army
June 19, 1930 – December 9, 1964
Service recordJohn Fredrick Stoneburner, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 19, 1930
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1964
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 75
- ARTHUR ALEXANDER SHELTONPrivate First Class · December 8, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- BRIAN JOHN CRONINLieutenant (junior grade) · December 9, 1964
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 75
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
- WILLIAM DION MCKILLOPPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.