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FRANK LOUIS STEC
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1946 – February 11, 1968
Service recordFrank Louis Stec, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 81
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province 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 38E, Line 81
- RICHARD LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- SAMUEL R STEWART IIICaptain · February 11, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHY SWEENEYPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 75
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 77
- RICHARD LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 81
- STANLEY EUGENE WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 1
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.