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STEFAN MALKUT
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 23, 1949 – April 21, 1969
Service recordStefan Malkut, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 20
- KENNETH CLIFFORD JENKINSSeaman · April 21, 1969
- CURRAN M JONESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- JERRY MORGAN JRCorporal · April 21, 1969
- RALPH RICHARD OCHOAPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT KNELL GILLIESPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 26W, Line 19
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.