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LARRY LEE STONER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – March 11, 1969
Service recordLarry Lee Stoner, of Unadilla, Nebraska, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 15
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
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Unadilla, Nebraska (Otoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 15
- ALAN CRAIG MARTINSergeant · March 8, 1969
- PAUL WAYNE SHREWSBURYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- LARRY STRAHANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- CARLOS LEROY TARTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- JOHN RANDOLPH WEIRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LEE BENDORSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 4
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.