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JOSEPH VINCENT STACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1948 – November 25, 1968
Service recordJoseph Vincent Stack, of Baldwin Park, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 61
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Baldwin Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 61
- DENNIS EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- JOSE TORRES NETOPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE SIMMONSSergeant · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 53
- KENNETH JOHN BRITTSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 55
- LAWRENCE ELLSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 57
- RALPH BUDDY MULKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 60
- JACK MICHAEL ZAITZSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 63
From Baldwin Park
- DONALD GEORGE GREENCaptain · November 16, 1965
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · June 15, 1968
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.