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STEPHEN W SOKALSKY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1948 – June 5, 1967
Service recordStephen W Sokalsky JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 59
- TERRY RUSSELL MCCOMBSpecialist Four · June 5, 1967
- JAMES WAYNE RAMAGEPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- GRANT CARL TAYLORPrivate · June 5, 1967
- THOMAS MURTEN WILLISAirman Second Class · June 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL ASTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 57
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · Panel 21E, Line 57
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 58
- MICHAEL DEAN HALFORDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 58
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.