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RAY W STOTLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – August 2, 1967
Service recordRay W Stotler, of Paw Paw, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Paw Paw, West Virginia (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 70
- DONALD MICHAEL SOWERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
- BORIS ROMAN BENJAMIN BENTLEYSergeant · August 3, 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.