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WAYNE JOSEPH STOKES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1946 – December 2, 1967
Service recordWayne Joseph Stokes, of Stockbridge, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Stockbridge, Georgia (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 26
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- ROBERT L MORRISSergeant · December 2, 1967
- TOMMIE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · December 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK PHILLIP BROADHEADStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 22
From Stockbridge
- THOMAS HALL MORRISStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- ERNEST LAMAR WESLEYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- NATHANIEL KELLEYStaff Sergeant · October 7, 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.