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EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1946 – January 1, 1966
Service recordEdward Stephen Steffek, of Amsterdam, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 1, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1966; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 48
- HAROLD DUANE BARNESSpecialist Four · January 1, 1966
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKINSONCorporal · January 2, 1966
- LARRY JOSEPH NADEAUPrivate · January 2, 1966
From Amsterdam
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- LEONARD EDWARD NISKIMajor · May 10, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · March 15, 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.