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DANIEL SCOTT STEELE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – November 29, 1967
Service recordDaniel Scott Steele, of Redmond, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 7
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Redmond, Oregon (Deschutes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 7
- KENNETH ALLEN ROELance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR SNOOKSpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
- CLARENCE JAMES TIFFANYCorporal · November 29, 1967
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LEOPOLD LATINIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 31E, Line 5
- CLARENCE JAMES TIFFANYCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 7
From Redmond
- TIMOTHY JAMES MEEKERCorporal · October 29, 1966
- JOHNIE BOYD MACHAULance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- FREDERIC PEERS WEBBSeaman · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD LEAMENSergeant · March 6, 1969
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.