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STEPHEN M LASHINSKY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1945 – May 5, 1968
Service recordStephen M Lashinsky JR, of Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Newtown Square, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 20
- EDWARD CHESTER KRAWCZYKCaptain · May 5, 1968
- GENE ARTHUR KUNSTPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE CARLTON KURLINPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- ROY LEO LEDESergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL RAY GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 12
- LARRY FRED GLEASONSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 13
- GARY MICHAEL MEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 22
- GORDON LEE TERRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 34
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.