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STEFAN MAZAK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1926 – April 18, 1968
Service recordStefan Mazak, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 23, 1926
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 40
- THOMAS JUNIOR LAWSONSpecialist Five · April 18, 1968
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAIRISStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAN ALAN ULMERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 42
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.