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JAMES ALVIN STEGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 27, 1937 – November 30, 1967
Service recordJames Alvin Steger, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 17
- KENNETH R SHOEMAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- CLIFTON BRADLEY SMITHLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID SNYDERSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
From Marshfield
- VERNAL GLEN MARTINPrivate · August 8, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK SCHUELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BRUNNERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- LOREN RAY MILLARDPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1968
- RONALD JOHN HAUPTSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD FELLENZChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- LEE RAYMOND PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 30, 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.