Rank: Sergeant Major
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Note: OH-23G, Tail # 64-15180, Passenger
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 17-Oct-2027
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Marital status: Married to Edith L. Stirnkorb, one son, three daughters
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 25-Feb-1946
Start of tour: 17-Jul-1967
Incident date: 12-Aug-1967
Date of casualty: 12-Aug-1967
Age at death: 39
Cause of death: Non-Hostile – Died While Missing. Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC). Aircraft loss, crash not at sea.
Cyril Edward Stirnkorb died as the result of injuries receive while a passenger on military aircraft when engine failed and aircraft crashed. A second military aircraft crashed in the same area.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saint Mary Cemetery, Saint Bernard, Ohio, USA
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