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DAVID PAUL STARK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1947 – March 25, 1968
Service recordDavid Paul Stark, of Lakewood, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 27
- JOEL GARY ANDERSPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROSS APPLEGATESpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- EDWIN LAWRENCE ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- CRAIG PHILIP AVERILLCorporal · March 26, 1968
- GENE THOMAS BAILEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
From Lakewood
- LARRY DOUGLAS STICEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- DUANE FRANK HORGANLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID LEO SPARKSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- RONALD KEITH BLOOMSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- RANDY LEE OWENSFireman · July 31, 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.