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FREDERICK GEORGE STEFFEN
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
February 26, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordFrederick George Steffen, of New Baltimore, Michigan, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 69E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69E · Line 3
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- New Baltimore, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 69E, Line 3
- BRENT LESLIE SWABBYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- TOUSSAINT LEO TITUSStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- PHILIP GERALD TURNERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOHN COOKHospitalman · Panel 67E, Line 7
From New Baltimore
- DAVID ALLEN MOOREPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- STEVEN JOSEPH SCOTTLance Corporal · July 14, 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.