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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Larry Stallings.

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JOHN LARRY STALLINGS

Captain · U.S. Air Force

March 16, 1944 – December 1, 1970

Service record

John Larry Stallings, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 1, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6W · Line 103

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
March 16, 1944
Home of record
Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 1, 1970
Age
26
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 6W, Line 103

From Tuscaloosa

All 24 names from Tuscaloosa →

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.