The Stalnaker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,770 people carried this name — #8,706 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,675 in 2000.

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In print

Stalnaker in American newspapers,
1908–1923.

Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Stalnaker
Evening Times-republican 1908-05-29
Newspaper page from San Antonio Light carrying the name Stalnaker
San Antonio Light 1923-10-23
Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Stalnaker
Casper Daily Tribune 1919-01-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,562 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Stalnaker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Stalnaker 1903–1990 · educator
  • Charles Stalnaker 1933–2012 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stalnaker,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States231 records

231 records of the Stalnaker name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 161
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edgar L. Stalnaker

    Born 1907 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Charleston; driver from Kanawha County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Family Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Nason D. Stalnaker

    Born 1931; from Harrison County, West Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman - parachutist; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Menefee A. Stalnaker

    Veteran. Born 1894, died 1968; buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 231 records for Stalnaker in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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