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WALTER LEE STANKO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – September 8, 1970
Service recordWalter Lee Stanko, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 47
- ROGER DEAN OTTOSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
- JAMES BARNEY PERKINSSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
- CARL ROGER RAYMONDPetty Officer Third Class · September 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CHARLES LARSENSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 46
- ROGER DEAN OTTOSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 47
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.