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LARRY EVANS STONE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – May 19, 1970
Service recordLarry Evans Stone, of East Laurinburg, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 67
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- East Laurinburg, North Carolina (Scotland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 67
- WILLIAM RUFUS SPEIGHTSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- JOHN SPURGEON SPREWELLCaptain · May 19, 1970
- THOMAS PAUL TALBOTSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- ROBERT JOHN URBASSIKSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE HERRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 64
- LANNY GUY LADOUCEURFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 65
- JOHN SPURGEON SPREWELLCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 67
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.