PFC Stalinski #
MOS:
Stefan and his family immigrated to Montreal and settled in Rosemere, Quebec Canada where he lived until he enlisted in the US Marine Corps at the age of eighteen.
He arrived in Vietnam May 1965 and was assigned to Golf Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marines Division in vicinity of Chu Lai/
While on a night patrol on 8 July 1965 Stefan accompanied his Platoon Commander 1st Lt Jack Orval Eitel to investigate suspicious noises coming from the rear. Not finding anything the two Marines began to return to the main body of men when they were hit by an exploding grenade and a volley of small arms fire. Both men had been mistaken for the enemy and were mortally wounded by the Marines of their own unit.
PFC Stalinski was returned to Montreal and buried with full Military Honors in the National Field of Honor located at the rear of Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
MOS:
Stefan and his family immigrated to Montreal and settled in Rosemere, Quebec Canada where he lived until he enlisted in the US Marine Corps at the age of eighteen.
He arrived in Vietnam May 1965 and was assigned to Golf Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marines Division in vicinity of Chu Lai/
While on a night patrol on 8 July 1965 Stefan accompanied his Platoon Commander 1st Lt Jack Orval Eitel to investigate suspicious noises coming from the rear. Not finding anything the two Marines began to return to the main body of men when they were hit by an exploding grenade and a volley of small arms fire. Both men had been mistaken for the enemy and were mortally wounded by the Marines of their own unit.
PFC Stalinski was returned to Montreal and buried with full Military Honors in the National Field of Honor located at the rear of Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
PFC Stalinski #
MOS:
Stefan and his family immigrated to Montreal and settled in Rosemere, Quebec Canada where he lived until he enlisted in the US Marine Corps at the age of eighteen.
He arrived in Vietnam May 1965 and was assigned to Golf Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marines Division in vicinity of Chu Lai/
While on a night patrol on 8 July 1965 Stefan accompanied his Platoon Commander 1st Lt Jack Orval Eitel to investigate suspicious noises coming from the rear. Not finding anything the two Marines began to return to the main body of men when they were hit by an exploding grenade and a volley of small arms fire. Both men had been mistaken for the enemy and were mortally wounded by the Marines of their own unit.
PFC Stalinski was returned to Montreal and buried with full Military Honors in the National Field of Honor located at the rear of Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
MOS:
Stefan and his family immigrated to Montreal and settled in Rosemere, Quebec Canada where he lived until he enlisted in the US Marine Corps at the age of eighteen.
He arrived in Vietnam May 1965 and was assigned to Golf Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marines Division in vicinity of Chu Lai/
While on a night patrol on 8 July 1965 Stefan accompanied his Platoon Commander 1st Lt Jack Orval Eitel to investigate suspicious noises coming from the rear. Not finding anything the two Marines began to return to the main body of men when they were hit by an exploding grenade and a volley of small arms fire. Both men had been mistaken for the enemy and were mortally wounded by the Marines of their own unit.
PFC Stalinski was returned to Montreal and buried with full Military Honors in the National Field of Honor located at the rear of Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
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