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PAUL JOHN STOCHAJ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 16, 1930 – February 23, 1966
Service recordPaul John Stochaj, of Webster, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Network Switching Systems Operator-Maintainer (31F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 16, 1930
- Home of record
- Webster, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 69
- WILLIAM JAMES STEPHENSONFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- MARVIN JAMES WILSONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 63
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 64
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 64
- CHARLES E DYSON JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 65
- HONDAH DOVE ELPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 65
- MATTHEW HOUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 65
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 65
- DALMER DOLAN JUREKSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 66
- WINSTON MORRISPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 66
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 66
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 67
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 67
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 67
- KENNETH ALDERSON REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
- FRANKIE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 68
- JIMMY CLYDE SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 68
- WILLIAM JAMES STEPHENSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- MARVIN JAMES WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 69
From Webster
- RICHARD JAMES CARSONLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- CLAUDE CHARLES BETTYCorporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CYRSergeant · January 31, 1968
- PAUL ANTHONY PRZELOMSKISpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- EUGENE PAUL BERESIKMajor · May 31, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · August 8, 1968
- GERARD CORRIVEAUStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
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.