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STEVEN MICHAEL STOFKO
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – August 1, 1967
Service recordSteven Michael Stofko, of Highland, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Highland, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 64
- HAROLD SNYDER JRPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- MONTY NORRIS WILSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT LAURENCE WILSONStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- CHARLES C WINSTON IIIMajor · August 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LAURENCE WILSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 64
From Highland
- FREDERICK M GILSINGER JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- FRED DARREL WHITAKERCorporal · February 15, 1969
- STEVE BLASKOVICH JRCorporal · June 8, 1970
- CALVIN ROBERT GISHPetty Officer Second Class · July 2, 1970
- THOMAS CHARLES CISARCorporal · December 12, 1970
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.