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CARL ROBERT STEFFEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1947 – December 25, 1965
Service recordCarl Robert Steffen, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 25, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 39
- RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDALLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOHN OLIVER ARNNMajor · December 26, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- LOUIS RAYMOND RALEIGHMajor · December 26, 1965
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD WAGNERLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
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.