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CHARLES HAROLD STEPP
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
February 12, 1954 – September 5, 1972
Service recordCharles Harold Stepp, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 5, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 70
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 12, 1954
- Home of record
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1972
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 70
- CHARLES HERMAN PIPER JRMaster Chief Petty Officer · August 30, 1972
- ROBERT ROY GREENWOOD JRLieutenant Colonel · September 2, 1972
- WILLIAM COMMODORE WOOD JRMajor · September 2, 1972
- FRANK GEORGE OLIVER IICaptain · September 3, 1972
From Poplar Bluff
- DALE FRANCIS HUDSONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- FAMOUS LEE LANEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL RICHARDSONCorporal · July 4, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD JERRY MULLERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- RONALD DAVID COBBLance Corporal · April 29, 1968
- RILEY DAVID RAULSTONLance Corporal · May 15, 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.