Person Sheet
NameStephen Joseph Vajda Jr. 
Birth MemoBorn at home.
Misc. EventMay 3, 1937, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA8
Misc. Event MemoAs a child he and his family watched semi-professional baseball games played in Bergen County, New Jersey. On May 3, 1937 they witnessed the famous dirigible Hindenburg pass in the sky. Later a police car came by and informed them that the Hindenberg had caught fire and crashed in Lakehurst.
Military MemoEntered US Marine Corps to fight in WWII Pacific Theater. Held rank of Corporal. Served as an Antitank Gun Crewman
MilitarySep 4, 194212
Military MemoEarned weapons qualification: Marksman - U.S. Rifle
MilitaryFeb 23, 1943, New York, New York, USA12
Military MemoDeparted for WWII Pacific Theater
Military MemoTraining
Military MemoParticipated in action against the enemy
Military MemoLeft action
Military MemoParticipated in action against the enemy
Military MemoLeft action
Military MemoParticipated in action against the enemy
Military MemoLeft action
Military MemoAcquired malaria during WWII
Military MemoReturned from WWII Pacific Theater to USA
MilitaryOct 16, 1945, Marine Detachment, Naval Prison, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA11,13,14,10,12
Military MemoHonorable Discharge from US Marine Corps. Remarks from Samuel A. Woods Jr., Colonel, USMC: “Service honest and faithful. Credited $100.00 MOP Act 1944(Z). Authorized to wear the Asiatic-Pacific Area Ribbon with four stars.”
Residence1945, 18 Hickory Street, Dumont, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA10
Death MemoPancreatic cancer
BurialJun 18, 2002, Brigadier General William Doyle New Jersey State Veterans Cemetery, Wrightstown, New Jersey, USA1,17,18
Burial MemoSection N Site 16270
OccupationCarpenter19
FlagsMilitary
FatherStephen Vajda Sr. (1898-1987)
MotherAnna Justina Jurina (1898-1962)