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CURTIS EDWARD STIEFERMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 7, 1939 – November 4, 1967
Service recordCurtis Edward Stieferman, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 4, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 22
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
- March 7, 1939
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 22
- SANDERS KEY STROUD IIPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- FLORENTINO TAFOYA JRSergeant · November 4, 1967
- JOHN VERNON TAYLOR JRCaptain · November 4, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WADEStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.