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COY FOSTER STARK
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – June 12, 1968
Service recordCoy Foster Stark, of Hughson, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Hughson, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 5
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- DALLAS ARNOLD WESTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1968
- JOHN CLARK WHEELERPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- MICHAEL MATTHEW WHITEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALTO ANDERSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 31
From Hughson
- JACK DATE LETOURNEAUFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- JOHN HENRY FRANKLINPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ANTHONY LEROY LEMASergeant · January 11, 1969
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.