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GORDON WILLIAM STARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1946 – February 6, 1967
Service recordGordon William Stark, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 2
- EDDIE LEE SULLIVANCorporal · February 6, 1967
- ROGER LEE TANNERSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- CARLOS UGARTEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SYDNEY UEL GOODINSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 128
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 1
- CARLOS UGARTEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 2
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.