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WILLIAM REED STOCKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – February 13, 1969
Service recordWilliam Reed Stocks, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Glen Burnie, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 29
- GERRY ALBIN POLEGAPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- DONALD BENJAMIN SCHROEDERLieutenant Colonel · February 13, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- LARRY GENE WHITEHEADCorporal · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANA RANDOLPH BARKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 24
- RICHARD MICHAEL HILTSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 26
From Glen Burnie
- ROBERT GRIFFIN DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES DOMINIO YOUNGHAMCorporal · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SHORTERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- HARVEY WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- WILLIS FRANCIS HOUSEMaster Sergeant · March 13, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN STONE JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- LUTHER JAMES DOSS JRStaff Sergeant · April 30, 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.