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DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1942 – June 10, 1966
Service recordDerwood D Steigleman JR, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 33
- DONALD CLAIR WYLESPrivate · June 10, 1966
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES BOSSIETechnical Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- DANNIE GLENN BRASWELLPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PETER DANIEL GEOGHEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 30
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 30
- MAX V VASQUEZ IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 32
From Carlisle
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- ERIK NILES RUDZIAKFireman · January 16, 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.