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JAMES MARTIN STOTTS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1935 – June 1, 1969
Service recordJames Martin Stotts, of Fresno, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 12, 1935
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 40
- RICHARD JACOB SIGWORTHPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL TROTTERFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1969
- ALBERT B WASHINGTON JRCorporal · June 1, 1969
- BLAIR CECIL WILKEYPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERIC GUSTAVE AGATHERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 23W, Line 34
- EARLE JOHN BEMISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 35
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.