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WILLIAM EARL STONE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1946 – October 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Earl Stone, of Fellows, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Fellows, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 55
- ROBERTO RAMOSPetty Officer Second Class · October 29, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- JAMES GUINAN SCOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
- TERRY LUTHER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 55
- TERRY LUTHER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 55
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.