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STEPHEN THOMAS KUCAS
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1930 – March 1, 1968
Service recordStephen Thomas Kucas, of State College, Pennsylvania, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 19
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Senior Sergeant (13Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 10, 1930
- Home of record
- State College, Pennsylvania (Centre County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 19
- RICHARD CLIVE LANNOMLieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DANNY LEDFORDPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- STANLEY REED LEWTERSpecialist Four · March 1, 1968
- FREDERICK BEARD LINKLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
From State College
- DAVID GEPHART MYERSFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAMS SWIGARTCaptain · July 4, 1967
- DANFORTH ELLITHORPE WHITECommander · March 31, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MERRILLLance Corporal · November 26, 1969
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.