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STEVEN RAY STOLTZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1949 – June 18, 1970
Service recordSteven Ray Stoltz, of Hampton, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 66
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Hampton, Iowa (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 66
- RALPH MORGAN TRIPLETTCorporal · June 18, 1970
- BARRY GLENN TUCKERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHARTONPrivate · June 18, 1970
- FRANK CHARLES ZONAR JRSergeant · June 18, 1970
From Hampton
- GREY H WAGNERSergeant · January 10, 1968
- DEAN WILLIAM OLTMANSpecialist Four · November 5, 1968
- EDWARD VANEVERY JRSpecialist Five · June 1, 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.