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PAUL AMOS STOKES
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
February 13, 1929 – October 17, 1971
Service recordPaul Amos Stokes, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 17, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 42
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- February 13, 1929
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1971
- Age
- 42
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1971. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 42
- ROBERT MITCHELL WEBB JRFirst Lieutenant · October 17, 1971
- ROBERT JAMESON BARTONFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1971
- PATRICK JOHN BRESLINSpecialist Four · October 18, 1971
- WILLIAM EARL WHITEMAN IICaptain · October 19, 1971
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
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.