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JAMES FRANCIS STOLINSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1947 – March 26, 1968
Service recordJames Francis Stolinski, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 42
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định 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 46E, Line 42
- LARRY EDWARD GREENCorporal · March 26, 1968
- JOE WILKINS SMITHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- HOYLE TERRY JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- HARVEY JOSEPH TOMPKINSSecond Lieutenant · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROSS APPLEGATESpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 27
- RICHARD LEWIS BELINGEPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 29
- JOHN PATRICK GIDDINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 33
- JOHNNIE DARRIEL HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 34
- CHARLES RAY MOOMEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 38
- GARY MARTIN REEDYSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 40
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.