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JOSEPH JOHN STOJINSKI JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 1, 1944 – October 20, 1970
Service recordJoseph John Stojinski JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 13
- THOMAS STEWART MCGARRYPetty Officer Third Class · October 20, 1970
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1970
- FLOYD ABNER SCHLIEWESpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- GARY LEE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · October 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD CORNELL GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 11
- TERENCE ARNOLD HANDLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 12
- RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALLSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 12
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 13
- GARY LEE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 13
- THOMAS RAY WEISSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 14
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.