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DONALD EUGENE STEPP
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1936 – September 10, 1969
Service recordDonald Eugene Stepp, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aerial Sensor Specialist (17L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1936
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 66
- JERRY DEAN WHITECaptain · September 10, 1969
- LEWIS EDWARD WOODSergeant First Class · September 10, 1969
- ALFREDO EDWARDO AVILESCorporal · September 11, 1969
- ALDEN JOHN BULLWINKELSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER THOMAS LUNDBERGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 65
- GEORGE WILLIAM PEPEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 65
- JERRY DEAN WHITECaptain · Panel 18W, Line 66
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.