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STONEY LEE DEEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordStoney Lee Deel, of Prater, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 119
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Prater, Virginia (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 119
- CLINTON LEE DAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- BRUCE JOEL DUNHAMSergeant · June 9, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- JUAN JAVIER FIGUEROACorporal · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEROY CONWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- JAMES FRANCIS HAIDERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 120
- JIMMY ANDERSON INGRAMSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 2
- RICHARD DOUGLAS MCKENZIESecond Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 5
- DENNIS STANLEY WOSICKSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
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.