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EDWARD
PETER STEFANIK Personal
Data: Birth
Date:
August
19, 1944 Birth
Place: Race:
Caucasian Religion:
Roman
Catholic U.S.
Citizen: Yes Father’s
Name: Mother’s
Name: Sibling
Names: Marital
Status:
Married Wife’s
Name: Offspring
Names: Education:
Schools
Attended: High
School Diploma: Selective
Service Data: SSS
Local Board Number: SSS
Local Board Location: SSS
Registration Date: SSS
Registrant Description: Military
Service Record: Entry
Date: Entry
Mode: Entry
Location: Home
of Record:
Chicopee Falls,
Massachusetts Service
Branch:
Army
Service
Component:
Selective
Service
Rank:
Specialist
Four Rank
Abbrev:
SP4
Pay
Grade:
E4
MOS:
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MOS
Title: MOS
Background: Awards
Received:
Badges
Earned: Posthumous
Promotion:
Length
of Service: Southeast
Asia Tour Data: Date
Tour Commenced: May
21, 1966 Major
Command:
1st
Infantry Division
Land
Assignment: Regiment:
1st
Aviation Battalion Battalion:
Company:
B Company Casualty
Data: Casualty
Date:
November
6, 1966 Casualty
Time: Casualty
Age:
22 Casualty
Data 1: Non-Hostile,
Died While Missing
Casualty
Data 2: Air
Loss, Crash on Land
Casualty
Data 3:
Helicopter
- Crew
Casualty
Province:
Province
& Military Region Unknown Casualty
Country:
South
Vietnam
Located
In Or Near: Casualty Vehicle: UH-1D Iroquois serial number 64-13883 Aircraft Incident Data: click here for Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association report Body Recovered: Yes Burial/Memorial: Burial
Location: Burial
Plot Location: Burial
Date: Consigned
Funeral Home: Military
Escort Name: Chicopee Falls’s Fallen Casualty Order:
1st
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel Number: 12E Number: 33 Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 64-13883
ACFT HIT TREES AND BLDG ON TAKEOFF CRASHED BURNED SUP INFO ACFT LOST RPM SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF POSSIBLY FROM OVERLOADING MAINT DEFICIENCY ENG TRIM CHECK WERE NOT MAINTAINED UP USARV REG 385 40 ACFT OVERLOADED CREW DID NOT USE GONOGO CHECK IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM LOW RPM CONDITION This record was last updated on 09/20/98 The following is crew member information for this incident: Name: SP4 Melvin Darold Duty Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/06/66 while performing the duty of Passenger. Date of Birth: 06/17/47 Home City: Monroe, MI Service: regular component of the U.S. Army. Major organization: other Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 12E-033 Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 64-13883 Service number: 16808053 Country: South Vietnam MOS: * Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: fire or burns Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: passenger Started Tour: 03/19/66 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew Length of service: 02 Location: Unknown Province Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Non-hostile - died while missing single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Roman Catholic The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 07/31/96 Name: PFC Lawrence Eugene Fowler Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/06/66 while performing the duty of Passenger. Date of Birth: 10/01/46 Home City: Anderson, IN Service: component of the U.S. Army. Major organization: 1st Infantry Division Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 12E-035 Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 64-13883 Service number: 55822946 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 05B20 = Radio Operator Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: fire or burns Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: passenger Started Tour: 03/07/66 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew Length of service: 01 Location: Unknown Province Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: unknown or not reported The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 07/31/96 Name: PFC Anthony Joseph Gadda, Jr. Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/06/66 while performing the duty of Passenger. Age at death: 20.2 Date of Birth: 08/28/46 Home City: Hackensack, NJ Service: regular component of the U.S. Army. Major organization: other Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 12E-033 Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 64-13883 Service number: 12751637 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 67N20 = UH-1 Helicopter Repairer Position in vehicle: passenger "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew Location: Unknown Province Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Roman Catholic The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 06/25/94 Name: SP4 Paul Charles Hamby, Jr. Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/06/66 while performing the duty of Passenger. Date of Birth: 11/09/44 Home City: Brandon, SC Service: regular component of the U.S. Army. Major organization: 1st Infantry Division Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 12E-033 Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 64-13883 Service number: 14804796 Country: South Vietnam MOS: * Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: fire or burns Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: passenger Started Tour: 03/03/66 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew Length of service: 03 Location: Unknown Province Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Non-hostile - died while missing single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: unknown or not reported The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 07/31/96 Name: MAJ William Attlee Hendon Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/06/66 while performing the duty of Passenger. Date of Birth: 11/18/31 Home City: Mannsville, OK Service: IN branch of the regular component of the U.S. Army. Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army. The Wall location: 12E-034 Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 64-13883 Service number: O71358 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 2162 = 21 Operations & Training Staff Officer (G3, S3) Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: fire or burns Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: passenger Started Tour: 09/02/66 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew Length of service: 12 Location: Unknown Province Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes married male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Baptist - other groups The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer This record was last updated on 07/31/96 Name: SP4 Thomas John Klemp Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/06/66 while performing the duty of Passenger. Date of Birth: 08/14/47 Home City: Reedsburg, WI Service: regular component of the U.S. Army. Major organization: 1st Infantry Division Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 12E-034 Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 64-13883 Service number: 16817457 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 71B30 = Clerk-Typist Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: fire or burns Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: passenger Started Tour: 07/24/66 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew Length of service: 01 Location: Unknown Province Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Lutheran (Missouri Synod) The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 07/31/96 Name: SGM James Hervey Shannon, Jr. Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/06/66 while performing the duty of Passenger. Date of Birth: 06/13/29 Home City: Bogue Chitto, MS Service: regular component of the U.S. Army. Major organization: 25th Infantry Division Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 12E-035 Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 64-13883 Service number: 14231190 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 11C50 = Indirect Fire Infantryman Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: weapons Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: passenger Started Tour: 03/18/66 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew Length of service: 18 Location: Unknown Province Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes married male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: unknown or not reported The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 07/31/96 Name: SP4 Edward Peter Stefanik Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/06/66 while performing the duty of Passenger. Age at death: 22.2 Date of Birth: 08/19/44 Home City: Chicopee Falls, MA Service: component of the U.S. Army. Unit: 1 INF DIV Major organization: 1st Infantry Division Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 12E-033 Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 64-13883 Service number: 51573594 Country: South Vietnam MOS: * Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: fire or burns Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: passenger Started Tour: 05/21/66 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew Location: Unknown Province Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Non-hostile - died while missing married male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Roman Catholic The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 06/25/94 Printed from databases on: 08/27/00 Copyright © 1998, 1999 and 2000 Vietnam
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