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STACY KRESHO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – December 2, 1969
Service recordStacy Kresho, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 18
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 18
- ROBERT RONALD LEISYSecond Lieutenant · December 2, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES MCINTOSHSpecialist Four · December 2, 1969
- DARNELL MISTERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- WILLIAM DALE SANDERLINStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN SILVY ASHSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 15
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 15
- ROBERT LE ROY DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 16
- ROBERT RONALD LEISYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 18
- DARNELL MISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 18
- ALFRED PICKARDPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 19
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.