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ALAN RALPH STEFFEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 14, 1939 – November 26, 1966
Service recordAlan Ralph Steffen, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 123
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 14, 1939
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 123
- ADRIAN FLOYD PURNELLFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- ALDEN LAVERNE RILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · November 26, 1966
- HOLLIE BOYD RUSSELLPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1966
- KARL DAVID SOBOLIKCaptain · November 26, 1966
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM HEIFNERPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.