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RICHARD LEE STOCKETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1950 – March 2, 1971
Service recordRichard Lee Stockett, of Mesa, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1971; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 17
- DELAND DWIGHT ZUBKEStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1971
- KEITH DARRELL HEFFNERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1971
- HERBERT EUGENE MULKEY JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1971
- RICHARD DAVID SALDANASpecialist Four · March 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE MICHAEL BROOKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 16
- HERBERT EUGENE MULKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 17
- RICHARD DAVID SALDANASpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 17
From Mesa
- ROBERT ORRIE LONGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN RICHPrivate · August 25, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JRCorporal · April 26, 1968
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ IIPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1968
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.