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GREGG FRANCIS STEIMEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1950 – July 31, 1970
Service recordGregg Francis Steimel, of Wright, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 73
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Wright, Kansas (Ford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 73
- JAMES KEVIN MUSSELMANPrivate First Class · July 31, 1970
- PHILLIP ARTHUR PAULELance Corporal · July 31, 1970
- GREGG ALLISON SMITHPrivate First Class · July 31, 1970
- LUIS ANTONIO ALTAMIRALance Corporal · August 1, 1970
From Wright
- RICHARD JOHN CONRARDYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1970
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.