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JAMES ALEXANDER STARK
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 11, 1946 – January 24, 1968
Service recordJames Alexander Stark, of Wollaston, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 24, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 27
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Wollaston, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 27
- JUAN ANTONIO ROSAPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- DAVE RUSSELL SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- GARY DAVID SCRIBNERLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- EDMUND SKUNDAPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
From Wollaston
- ROBERT JOSEPH FAYCommander · October 28, 1965
- FRANCOIS JOSEPHINE BUILAERTSergeant · May 30, 1966
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.