Pfc. Stephen Eugene Sroka August 03, 1969
FREDERICK NEWS-POST August 07, 1969
PFC. STEPHEN SROKA DIES IN VIET ACTION
A 24-year-old Frederick man became the twentieth county man to die in Vietnam Sunday. Private First Class Stephen E. Sroka, son of Mrs. Ellen L. Stotlemyer of 103 S. Market St., died of wounds received July 25 while traveling as a passenger on a military vehicle in Vietnam. Assigned to Company B, Second Battalion, 8th Infantry, Fourth Infantry Division on June 11, he had joined the service Jan. 17 of this year. Pfc. Sroka was an only child. A graduate of Glenelg High School, he was a member of the local Democrat Club and was employed by the Corning Glass Works and the Edward Winpigler Construction Company. Funeral services will be conducted by the M.R. Etchison and Son Funeral Home. The date of the funeral will be announced.

FREDERICK NEWS-POST August 12, 1969
PFC. STEPHEN E. SROKA
Funeral services for Pfc. Stephen E. Sroka, who died July 25 from wounds received while traveling as a passenger on a military vehicle in Vietnam, will take place Thursday at 11 a.m. from the M.R. Etchison and Son Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St. Friends may call at the funeral home today and Wednesday from 7 to 9p.m. Military honors will be accorded the veteran at the interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

FREDERICK NEWS-POST August 15, 1969
VIETNAM: A REALITY
To most Americans, the Vietnam war is an abstract thing somewhere on the other side of the world. But when someone you know is killed there, Vietnam, becomes a reality. Mrs. Ellen L. Stotlemyer, of 103 S. Market Street, is handed the American flag that only moments before was draped over her 24-year old son's casket. Stephen Sroka was the twentieth county man to be killed in Vietnam.

FREDERICK NEWS-POST August 15, 1969
PFC. STEPHEN E. SROKA
The funeral of Pfc. Stephen E. Sroka, casualty of the Vietnam War, took place Thursday morning at 11 o'clock from the M.R. Etchison & Son Funeral Home. Col. John O. Lindvall, Armed Forces Chaplain, was the officiating clergyman. Military honors at the interment were given by members of Co. A., Md. National Guard in charge of Capt. Ernest M. Snyder. Flag bearers were SFC Charles Lockard and ISG Louis Smith; color guard, PSG John E. Wilcox, Sgt. Warren Stevens; firing party, Sgt. Terry Shankle, SFC Charles Lockard, ISG Louis Smith, Sgt. James Wilson, SP4 George Von Eiff, PSG Richard Carter, Sgt. Gary Hurst and SFC Joseph Vandergrift; escort, Sgt. Richard Moulton and bugler, Sp5 Harry M. Haines. Interment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Sroka, Stephen Eugene, PFC