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CYRIL EDWARD STIRNKORB
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
October 17, 1927 – August 12, 1967
Service recordCyril Edward Stirnkorb, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 106
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 Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 17, 1927
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 106
- ALVIN RAY BOZARTHStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1967
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM CRUZSpecialist Four · August 13, 1967
- RODNEY LOUIS HOFFMANSpecialist Four · August 13, 1967
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.