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RONALD T STOKES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1948 – December 16, 1967
Service recordRonald T Stokes, of Central Islip, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Central Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 12
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- PATRICK ROBERT ROYPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- MARCOS SOSA JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
From Central Islip
- THOMAS FRANCIS DREWSergeant · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL G DONOVAN IIISpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- PAUL CHARLES RUDYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- FRANK W BOSSONGPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAMSONCorporal · March 30, 1969
- JOSEPH CLERKINPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 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.