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JON WILLIAM STOKKERMAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – November 2, 1969
Service recordJon William Stokkerman, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 20
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 20
- DAVID LEE MASONStaff Sergeant · November 2, 1969
- KEITH FRANK SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- ROBERT EMIL SCHROEDER JRCorporal · November 2, 1969
- JAMES FREDERICK SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM GREGAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 18
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 18
- DAVID LEE MASONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 20
- KEITH FRANK SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 20
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 21
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.