Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date …
1967: The Clovis Evening Lions Club had raised flags in the city in memory of Cpl. David Stoll, who had recently been killed in Vietnam.
Lions Club President Harry Smith said the club had voted to fly the flags on the day of memorial services or funeral services held for any Clovis youth killed in Vietnam.
Stoll’s service was the first since the club voted to raise the flags.
Stoll died Oct. 27, 1967, “through hostile action, small arms fire,” according to honorstates.org .
He was 19. He began his tour in Vietnam two weeks before he was killed.
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