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WILLIAM CHARLES STEFKO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – January 9, 1970
Service recordWilliam Charles Stefko, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 17
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 Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 17
- HOWARD EUGENE BROWN JRSeaman · January 9, 1970
- HAROLD BERNARD EISERT JRPrivate · January 9, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE EMBREESpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
- HARLAN KENNETH GAMMONS JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WAYNE HIBBLERSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 18
- GERALD ARTHUR JACKSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 19
- TEDD MCCLUNE LEWISMajor · Panel 14W, Line 19
- JOSE F GUERRERO JRSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 22
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
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.