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ROBERT MICHAEL STEC
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 16, 1946 – January 3, 1969
Service recordRobert Michael Stec, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 30
- WALDON JEROME SWARTSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UNSINNSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- GERHARD W C VANDERFORDSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- PHILLIP DONALD WATTERSFirst Lieutenant · January 3, 1969
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 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.