The Wall › Panel 27W › California › Robert John Stork JR
ROBERT JOHN STORK JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1942 – April 2, 1969
Service recordRobert John Stork JR, of Oakland, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 3
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Adjutant Or Adjutant General (2110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 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 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 3
- JIMMIE MACK TILGHMANCorporal · April 2, 1969
- JULIAN VICTOR VELASQUEZSergeant · April 2, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 1969
- LENWOOD WHITE JRSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.