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DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNER
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 5, 1932 – July 20, 1967
Service recordDonald Thomas Steinbrunner, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 20, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 96
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 5, 1932
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 96
- CLYDE J STEPHENSSergeant · July 20, 1967
- GARY FRANK WALLACECaptain · July 20, 1967
- IRVIN GRANT WEYANDTStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · July 21, 1967
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · May 3, 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.