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RODNEY HAROLD STONE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 3, 1943 – May 2, 1970
Service recordRodney Harold Stone, of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 2, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 88
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Big Stone Gap, Virginia (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 88
- JOHN CALVIN SHERMANStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- GEORGE DALE SLYEStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM SMITHSergeant · May 2, 1970
- ANDREW JAMES TAYLORSergeant First Class · May 2, 1970
From Big Stone Gap
- GERALD STEVENSStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1967
- DONALD FRED FEEPetty Officer Second Class · July 21, 1967
- PAUL JESSIE SEYMOREStaff Sergeant · May 9, 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.