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DONALD MAURICE STOTTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1950 – March 28, 1971
Service recordDonald Maurice Stotts, of Fenton, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Fenton, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1971; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 90
- JOSEPH ROBERT RYAN JRFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES SCHUMACHERSergeant · March 28, 1971
- CLARK VERNON SHAWNEEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1971
- ROGER DALE WHIRLOWSpecialist Four · March 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN BAYNESergeant · Panel 4W, Line 84
- RONALD JAMES BECKSTEDSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 84
- DONALD CASPER BENNETTCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 84
- VICTOR RAYMOND BENNETT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 84
- MICHAEL LEE CROSSLEYSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 84
- LARRY DEAN AUSTINSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 85
- RICHARD JOHN BOEHMSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 85
- RICHARD RAY CARSONSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 85
- CLIFFORD WAYNE CORRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 85
- WILBERT SHELBY DUPREE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 86
- JAMES EDWARD EDGEMONSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 86
- KYLE STEVENS HAMILTONSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 86
- DRUEY LEE HATFIELDCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 86
- JOHN LAWRENCE HOGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 86
- MICHAEL SCOTT HOLLOWAYCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 87
- MYRON BLAINE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 87
- WILLIAM W KIRKPATRICKCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 87
- RICHARD VINCENT KNIGHT JRCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 87
- CARL BARRY MCGEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 88
- LARRY WILLIAM MCKEESergeant · Panel 4W, Line 88
- LAYMON PALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 88
- STEVEN DALE PLATHPrivate · Panel 4W, Line 88
- TERRY HUNTER PRICEStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 89
- WARREN PETER RITSEMAStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 89
From Fenton
- TERRY WAYNE BUCKLERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LEE FRANCIS JONESPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · November 23, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
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.