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ROBERT GEORGE STANKO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 30, 1948 – October 31, 1968
Service recordRobert George Stanko, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 68
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 68
- THOMAS EDWARD SIRBAUGHPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ALBERT PETER SMERIGLIOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- EUGENE SPENCERStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- ANTHONY LAWRANCE SPINOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN HENRY RAINESPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 67
- THOMAS EDWARD SIRBAUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 68
- EUGENE SPENCERStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 68
- WILLIAM DALE STOVALLPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 69
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.