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STEPHEN EDWARD KRAJESKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1946 – June 12, 1970
Service recordStephen Edward Krajeski, of Groveland, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 47
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Groveland, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 47
- JAMES DAVID CRAWFORDLance Corporal · June 12, 1970
- DAVID LEE EXPrivate First Class · June 12, 1970
- JAMES TAYLOR GLADDEN JRPetty Officer Second Class · June 12, 1970
- EDWARD LUCAS JAMES IISergeant · June 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE MORELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 48
- DAVID DARRELL SNOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 48
From Groveland
- WILLARD R RYANSergeant · May 23, 1966
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.