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WILLIAM DENNIS STONER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1950 – April 27, 1971
Service recordWilliam Dennis Stoner, of Macks Creek, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 15
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Macks Creek, Missouri (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 15
- HOWARD DAVID PAYNE IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 27, 1971
- LARRY LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · April 27, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD WESTONPrivate · April 27, 1971
- JUAN SANTOS BORJAStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1971
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.