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MELVIN LOUIS STONE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
May 31, 1940 – October 6, 1966
Service recordMelvin Louis Stone JR, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 6, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 31, 1940
- Home of record
- Chagrin Falls, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 51
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- JULIO CESAR VARGASCorporal · October 5, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- GARY H BRUXCaptain · October 6, 1966
- THOMAS DEANStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
From Chagrin Falls
- LOUIS HENRY JILEKSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- LESLIE VERNARD HURLEBAUSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT ENOCH WILLIAMSCorporal · September 23, 1968
- PATRICK REGAN DIEHLCorporal · May 21, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES HOSKENChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 24, 1970
- CHARLES THOMAS WILCOXSpecialist Four · May 8, 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.