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JOHN ROBERT STOCKDALE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 15, 1946 – July 10, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Stockdale, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 11
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 11
- DENNIS WAYNE ALLENSeaman · July 10, 1968
- JAMES T MCCONNELL IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS SCALESPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- PHILIP GLENN SPENCERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.