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OTTO STONE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1949 – August 30, 1970
Service recordOtto Stone JR, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 25
- RUBERT GREGORY HUMPHREYSPrivate · August 20, 1970
- JIM MARBLE RHEADSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- LEON PAUL TRIDLESpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- EUGENE EBEN WOLTERSLance Corporal · August 30, 1970
- LARRY REAUMAINE CARTERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 24
- JIM MARBLE RHEADSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 25
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.