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STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1946 – July 15, 1966
Service recordStephen S Strycharz JR, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 26
- CARL WAYNE SCHLOEMERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- HEROLIN THADUS SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- LYNN SPANNPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- GERALD EDWARD STUBSTADPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- WALTER PLATOSZPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.