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RAYMOND VINCENT STOLPA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1947 – September 5, 1968
Service recordRaymond Vincent Stolpa, of Golden, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Golden, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 45
- LIONEL ALVAREZ RYANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JOSEPH EWING SMITHSergeant · September 5, 1968
- EUGENE HENRY STEPPPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- LLOYD EARL VALENTINESergeant · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · Panel 45W, Line 41
- ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 42
- BOBBY JACK PAPPANSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 43
- ALBERT LEONARD RICKERSONSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 44
- FRED PLYMOUTH RUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 44
- LLOYD EARL VALENTINESergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
From Golden
- MICHAEL CHARLES ODELLPetty Officer Second Class · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL WALTER WARRENPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS HANSFORD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JERRY LEN PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1968
- RONALD DEAN LAYTONFirst Lieutenant · April 4, 1969
- MICHAEL GREGORY SCHERFSergeant · June 3, 1969
- NORMAN DOUGLAS PEERYCorporal · April 17, 1970
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.