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STEPHEN ALBERT MENSHEK
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
June 12, 1947 – July 2, 1967
Service recordStephen Albert Menshek, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 109
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 109
- ANTHONY MARACZIPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN FRANKLIN MATHIASLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- EDWARD CLINTON MILLERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JERRY LEE MILLERStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP HOWELL CONVERSEHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 99
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 102
- EDWARD ROBERT LOZANOHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 108
- CHRISTOPHER J MAGUIRE IIIPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 22E, Line 108
- JONATHAN ANSEL SAWYERHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 114
- THOMAS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 117
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.