THE WALL OF FACES

The "Friends of Rocky Versace" remember one of the 68 * men whose name is chiseled into the stone benches at the Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Alexandria, VA, 1LT Lewis Lynn Stone, on what would've been his 89th birthday - 21 July 2020.

* 68th name - for MIA 1LT Larry Lilly - added on 15 November 2018

The "Friends of Rocky Versace" remember one of the 67 men whose name is chiseled into the stone benches at the Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Alexandria, VA, 1LT Lewis Lynn Stone, on what would've been his 86th birthday - 21 July 2017.

Shown is an artist's rendering of Alexandria's Vietnam Veterans Memorial - the CPT Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 1LT Lewis L. Stone is one of 67 men from Alexandria to be remembered on the Memorial.

On January 11, 1963, a U.S. Army helicopter CH-21C (tail number 56-04220) from the 57th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter) crashed during the early evening hours on a small island just south of Ben Tre, Kien Hoa Province, when the aircraft lost its lateral control mechanism. Medical reports from the scene of the accident indicate all seven members aboard the aircraft died instantly. The lost crew and passengers included aircraft commander CW2 Lawrence C. Hammond, pilot CW2 Raymond C. Wilde, crew chief PFC Boyce E. Lawson, and passengers CAPT Donald B. Toth, 1LT Lewis L. Stone, 1LT Charles M. Fitts, and SP5 James D. McAdrew. [Taken from vhpa.org and armyaircrews.com]

The Alexandria/Del Ray community and the "Friends of Rocky Versace" remember 1LT Lewis L. Stone with his name chiseled into a stone bench beneath a Gold Star. 1LT Stone, who died on 11 Jan 1963, is the 1st man listed chronologically on the stone benches. All told, there are 67 Gold Stars on the Memorial above the names of Alexandria's 67 Vietnam War Fallen Heroes.