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OLIVER CLIFTON STAMPS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1938 – January 7, 1970
Service recordOliver Clifton Stamps, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 10
- GENE GORDON WELLSStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1970
- RAYMOND AUSTIN WHITE IIIPrivate First Class · January 7, 1970
- CHARLES R WILLARD JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- FRANK ZYDZIK JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.