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LARRY PAUL STOTLER
Captain · U.S. Army
November 4, 1941 – October 16, 1967
Service recordLarry Paul Stotler, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 17
- GEORGE STANLEY SALEMASergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- DON CARTHAL THOMPSON JRLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- WAYLAND KENT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH TORILance Corporal · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FINLAY FIELDMajor · Panel 28E, Line 15
- GEORGE STANLEY SALEMASergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 17
- EVANS S WALKERMaster Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 18
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.