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OLLIE RAY STAPLETON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1943 – October 15, 1968
Service recordOllie Ray Stapleton, of Concord, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 65
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 65
- GARY JAMES PALMERPrivate · October 15, 1968
- HARRY LEE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · October 15, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY RIFFLESpecialist Four · October 15, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NEIL JAY MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 64
- DALE LEROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 67
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 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.