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THOMAS DAVID STONE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1940 – August 29, 1969
Service recordThomas David Stone, of Kettering, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 9
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Kettering, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 9
- JACK ERVIN SCHOBERCaptain · August 29, 1969
- GERALD ALLEN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- GARY WAYNE WITHERSCorporal · August 29, 1969
- JERRY ALLEN ZIMMERCaptain · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEITH ALLEN DEVRIESSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 6
- JAMES THOMAS MOSESSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 8
- EDWIN JOSEPH OLMEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 8
From Kettering
- RICHARD ANDRESEN WESTCorporal · October 8, 1967
- TERANCE M BOZARTHFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- ANTHONY PAUL OREILLYFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE BURKESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RONALD JOSEPH SCHAAFSergeant · July 26, 1970
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.