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EDWARD PETER STEFANIK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1944 – November 6, 1966
Service recordEdward Peter Stefanik, of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 33
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GADDA JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- PAUL CHARLES HAMBY JRSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BILLY MAX CRAWFORDMaster Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 32
- PAUL CHARLES HAMBY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 33
- THOMAS JOHN KLEMPSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 34
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 35
- CHARLES EDMUND PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 35
From Chicopee Falls
- HAROLD JEFFREY GILBERTSergeant · February 12, 1967
- ZYGMUNT PAUL JABLONSKI JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD KULACZChief Petty Officer · April 1, 1968
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.