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STEPHEN JOSEPH STEMAC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1943 – August 27, 1966
Service recordStephen Joseph Stemac, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 51
- RAYMOND JOSEPH PONCURAKSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOSEPH PONCURAKSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 51
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 52
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.