The Young Marines of Greater Knoxville, in conjunction with Marine Corps League Detachment #924 will show honors to this hero on May 29^th, 2023 at the Virtue Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. The ceremony last about an hour.  Detachment members and family members are encouraged to attend.

Accredited to North Carolina, Stout was born February 24, 1950, in Knoxville, TN, and entered service at Raleigh, NC, when he was only 17. He went through paratrooper school and got his wings before the Army discovered his true age and discharged him. By then, he was 18 and simply re-enlisted. Stout deployed for his first tour of Vietnam in 1968 and returned home safely in 1969, but volunteered for a second tour in order to guide younger soldiers.

Just a few weeks into his second tour, on March 12, 1970, Stout gave his life for his fellow soldiers. It was three weeks after his 20^th birthday. Stout is the only army air defense artilleryman in history to receive the Medal of Honor.

Knoxville’s Virtue Cemetery, where Stout is buried, contains a beautiful War Memorial walkway laid out in a circled star pattern with two flagpoles at the center. Between the rays of the star are five large black carved stones with inscriptions and a list of all Medal of Honor recipients.