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HERBERT D STARK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 26, 1947 – August 11, 1972
Service recordHerbert D Stark, of St James, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 11, 1972, in Thailand, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- St James, Minnesota (Watonwan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1972. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 63
- PATRICK A DECK JRFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES BRUESergeant First Class · August 12, 1972
- MARSHALL B COLLINSLieutenant Commander · August 12, 1972
- JAMES WESLEY FULKMajor · August 12, 1972
- TERRY KOHLERCaptain · August 12, 1972
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK T MATHEWSCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 62
From St James
- LLOYD E KNAKECorporal · January 7, 1968
- LYLE WILLIAM SCHROEDERSergeant · January 26, 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.