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JAMES EDWARD STOLZ JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1946 – November 18, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Stolz JR, of Hicksville, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Hicksville, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 69
- CHARLES ALFRED POPE JRLance Corporal · November 18, 1970
- ORVILLE CURTIS ROGERS JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1970
- JOHN FRANK STOCKMANCorporal · November 18, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE TUCKERLance Corporal · November 18, 1970
From Hicksville
- PAUL DOUGLAS WALKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- WILLIAM CHOMYKFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1968
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- RALPH SCHIAVONEFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1968
- CARL NOEL KOZMAFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST RAUSCHMajor · April 16, 1970
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 1971
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.