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STEPHEN JOSEPH PASTULA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1946 – February 23, 1969
Service recordStephen Joseph Pastula, of Belmont, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armament Maintenance Apprentice (45A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Belmont, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 29 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31W, Line 14
- JESSE MANUEL NUNEZLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOSE ANTONIO OLLIVIERPetty Officer Second Class · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD EMIL OLSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- CHARLES RAY ORNSBEYCorporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD STANLEY BIESANTZPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 89
- ROBERT DONALD EICKLEBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 97
- WILLIAM ROY LAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 8
- ROBERT MICHAEL LEESergeant · Panel 31W, Line 8
- RONALD LLOYD SANDERSSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 20
- JERRY DEAN SPRADLINSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 23
From Belmont
- RICHARD EDWARD WINGATEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- DANNY LEDFORDPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- CURTIS LEE BATTONLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVIS STEELEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- ADREN ANDREW LEEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- BUNYAN DURANT PRICE JRStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
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.