U.S.S. STARK MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Wars Commemorated: U.S.S. STARK INCIDENT
Photograph By: DEVRY BECKER JONES
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THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR ON 17 MAY 1987 WHEN AN IRAQI JET AIRCRAFT FIRED TWO MISSILES AT THE FRIGATE U.S.S. STARK. A TOTAL OF THIRTY SEVEN UNITED STATES NAVY PERSONNEL WERE KILLED OR LATER DIED AS A RESULT OF THE ATTACK, AND TWENTY ONE WERE WOUNDED.
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