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JAMES LEE STEINEKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1947 – January 28, 1967
Service recordJames Lee Steineke, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 92
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 92
- FRANCIS PETER JELINEKStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- JOE FRANKLIN KELLEYHospitalman · January 28, 1967
- FRED LEWIS PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- PAUL BRUCE SEVERLOHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- PEDRO ARNADO SWENSONCorporal · January 28, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 92
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 4, 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.