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STEPHEN EUGENE SROKA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1945 – August 3, 1969
Service recordStephen Eugene Sroka, of Frederick, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 94
- JAMES DAVID WHITECaptain · August 3, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM BEESLERPrivate First Class · August 4, 1969
- ROY DONALD BRATTONFirst Lieutenant · August 4, 1969
- WYMAN GENE BRITTSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 93
From Frederick
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 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.