The Wall › Panel 36W › Pennsylvania › Edward John Stankevich
EDWARD JOHN STANKEVICH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1949 – December 27, 1968
Service recordEdward John Stankevich, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 82
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Hazleton, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 82
- ORLANDO MEDINAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- KENT DEWAYNE PIERCESergeant · December 27, 1968
- JEAN WAYNE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- DAVID ARNOLD UECKERSpecialist Four · December 27, 1968
From Hazleton
- RAYMOND NICHOLAS PLESHPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL BROWNSpecialist Five · November 26, 1967
- PETER SIMMONS REINHARTCaptain · March 2, 1968
- NATE FRANCIS LEESergeant · May 17, 1968
- RONALD JAMES CHAPMANSergeant · February 6, 1970
- DONALD GARTH FISHERColonel · April 22, 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.