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NICHOLAS C STEFANICH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – August 31, 1970
Service recordNicholas C Stefanich, of Tower, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Tower, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1970, 452 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 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 26
- DAVID GLENN CHANEYPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD DUCKWORTHSergeant · August 31, 1970
- JOHN LEE ERVINSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
- HORSE CONRAD LEE FLYINGLance Corporal · August 31, 1970
From Tower
- RICHARD ALBERT BURGESSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1970
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.