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DENNIS EUGENE STECKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1949 – November 17, 1970
Service recordDennis Eugene Stecker, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1970; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 66
- LARRY ALBERT DAHMSPetty Officer Third Class · November 17, 1970
- ROGER STANLEY URBANIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1970
- RICHARD RUSSELL BUTTRYLance Corporal · November 18, 1970
- RUSSELL GLEN DANIELSPetty Officer Second Class · November 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER STANLEY URBANIPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 66
From Manitowoc
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- TODD R JACKSONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · March 18, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 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.