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JOHN RICHARD STINN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1949 – May 15, 1970
Service recordJohn Richard Stinn, of Panama, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Panama, Iowa (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 47
- ARNOLD LEE ROBBINSSergeant First Class · May 15, 1970
- JESSIE FRANKLIN SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1970
- KENNETH EUGENE SMITHSpecialist Five · May 15, 1970
- ARLIE SPENCER JRSergeant · May 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD LEE ROBBINSSergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 47
- MELVIN RAY THOMASSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 48
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.