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STANLEY RICHARD TOKARSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1948 – October 23, 1969
Service recordStanley Richard Tokarski, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 110
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 110
- RAYMOND ROBERT BLOSSEYCorporal · October 23, 1969
- DENNIS NYE HUDSONCorporal · October 23, 1969
- SETH HAYDEN MATTHEWS IIISpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL SHEELYCorporal · October 23, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.