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JOSEPH LAMAR STONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1946 – February 3, 1971
Service recordJoseph Lamar Stone, of Desert Hot Springs, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 76
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Desert Hot Springs, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 76
- ROBERT L STANDERWICK SRColonel · February 3, 1971
- WALLIS WAYNE WEBBPrivate First Class · February 3, 1971
- TERRENCE WAYNE WELDONSergeant · February 3, 1971
- ROBERT JOHN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 3, 1971
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.