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JOSEPH CHARLES STONE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1947 – May 20, 1969
Service recordJoseph Charles Stone, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 62
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 62
- JON RAY SUMMERSGunnery Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- JOHN STEWART TAYLORPrivate · May 20, 1969
- PASQUALE TORRECorporal · May 20, 1969
- DOUGLAS DEAN VAUGHANLieutenant (junior grade) · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE IRVING LUTTRELLMaster Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 60
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.