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JOHN RAY STASHONSKY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – July 30, 1969
Service recordJohn Ray Stashonsky, of Old Hickory, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 78
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Old Hickory, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 78
- ERNEST LEE STANFORDPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- HAROLD OLIVER STUMPSpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
- SAMUEL W WALTHOUR JRSpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DALE CANTRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 75
- TERRY LEE DALLAPESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 75
- EUGENE MAJOR ROBINSONSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 76
- WILBERT EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 77
- PERLUM M PARKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 77
- HAROLD OLIVER STUMPSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 78
From Old Hickory
- JERRY EDWARD DENSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD ARMSTRONGSergeant · March 25, 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.