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STEPHEN EDWARD JESKO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1950 – October 16, 1970
Service recordStephen Edward Jesko, of Hereford, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Hereford, Texas (Deaf Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 3
- JOHN STEPHEN FAKOSergeant · October 15, 1970
- ERNEST DANIEL CARDWELLLance Corporal · October 16, 1970
- DOMINIC JOHN DEANGELISSpecialist Four · October 16, 1970
- WILFREDO GAVILAN-TORRESCorporal · October 16, 1970
From Hereford
- JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JRFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1967
- ARTHUR CASTILLO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
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.