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STANLEY P KIERZEK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 20, 1942 – July 20, 1965
Service recordStanley P Kierzek, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Holyoke, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 41
- CLAYTON JOHN MANSFIELD JRCaptain · July 20, 1965
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JOHNNY RAY TRIPLETTSpecialist Four · July 20, 1965
Same unit, same day
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 40
From Holyoke
- LEONARD LEE KASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 6, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE BOUSQUETCorporal · August 18, 1965
- NEAL OLIN RICHEYStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1965
- DAVID LEE OWENSLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- THOMAS MARTIN SEKLECKISpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND BROWNPetty Officer Second Class · August 5, 1967
- GEORGE DONALD LACUS JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DONALD ARTHUR LABONTEHospitalman · February 28, 1968
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
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.