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WILLIE ERNEST STARK
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
October 7, 1932 – December 2, 1966
Service recordWillie Ernest Stark, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 2, 1966, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 7, 1932
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 2, 1966
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 13E, Line 7
- PAUL LAURANCE WORRELLLieutenant Commander · February 1, 1966
- PATRICK FRANK SCUDIEROPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR SULANDERWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1966
- BILLY BARNELL WOODSONLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 3
- IRBY DYER IIISergeant · Panel 13E, Line 4
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.