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RICHARD DWAINE STOCKER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 17, 1945 – May 26, 1966
Service recordRichard Dwaine Stocker, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 26, 1966, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (ATR3)
- Born
- April 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Arkansas
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Added to the Wall
- 2012
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 36
- JAMES LEROY RUSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 15, 1967
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- PEDRO ANDRE SMITHCorporal · February 15, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
From Jacksonville
- MARION RAY HUTCHINSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- WALTER JOHN LYONSSecond Lieutenant · June 15, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD HOLTCorporal · February 5, 1968
- PAUL SHIREMAN JRPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITHCaptain · May 11, 1969
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2012, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.