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HOWARD MARSHALL STEINFELD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1948 – November 10, 1971
Service recordHoward Marshall Steinfeld, of Brenham, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 65
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Brenham, Texas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 65
- HENRY FLOYD DELLECKERSergeant · November 10, 1971
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSSergeant · November 10, 1971
- RAYMON HORACE JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1971
- FRANCIS JAMES KLASSENWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1971
From Brenham
- HOWARD ALLEN SEILHEIMERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- BEN ODELL JOHNSONSergeant · August 21, 1970
- LEONARD JAMES MATELSKIStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1972
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.