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RICHARD PAUL STOTSBERY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – December 30, 1969
Service recordRichard Paul Stotsbery, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 112
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powerplant Repairer (68B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 112
- THOMAS EDWARD SOMASpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- GERALD CLIFFORD SWAYZECaptain · December 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD TOWNLEY SRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- WILLIAM OREL VAUGHNCorporal · December 30, 1969
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.