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STEPHEN WILLIAM STARK
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 11, 1946 – January 31, 1968
Service recordStephen William Stark, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Rock Springs, Wyoming (Sweetwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 38
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES STANCELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD STAPLESSecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES LEWIS WAGESSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
From Rock Springs
- CHARLES SULLIVAN ROYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- CANDELARIO PATRICK BUSTOSLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ROMEROSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · November 12, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
- EMIL MAX MILTNOVICHCorporal · September 25, 1971
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.