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KENNETH LARRY STOKES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 10, 1950 – January 18, 1970
Service recordKenneth Larry Stokes, of Stapleton, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 44
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
- Recovery Specialist (63F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Stapleton, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 44
- STEVEN AL MUELLERFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1970
- CHARLES JAMES NOLDERStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1970
- DAVID HENRY STOPPELWERTHSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1970
- MARK EDWARD TONTISpecialist Four · January 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EDWARD FORDSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 42
- DONALD LAWRENCE MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 43
- MARK EDWARD TONTISpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 44
- EDWARD JOSEPH WITEKSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 45
From Stapleton
- RAYFORD JUNIOR MOSLEYPrivate First Class · October 4, 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.