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MICHAEL DEAN STOTLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – February 2, 1968
Service recordMichael Dean Stotler, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 87
- JOHNNIE N SHEARES JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- STEVEN LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN SWEDEENPetty Officer Third Class · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENDRICK KING KELLEY IIICaptain · Panel 36E, Line 76
- JAMES CARL PAYNEMajor · Panel 36E, Line 81
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.