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JAMES LEWIS STEINKIRCHNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1949 – February 27, 1971
Service recordJames Lewis Steinkirchner, of Tonawanda, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Tonawanda, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 9
- DENNIS LINN CRAVERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1971
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
- ZBIGNIEW JOSEF DALENTACorporal · February 27, 1971
- MASASHI NAKASHIMOStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1971
From Tonawanda
- KENNETH ARTHUR VARNEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- ROBERT SMEALSergeant · March 15, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS SADLERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- MARK EDWARD VANDERHEIDLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- BURTON WARD DALKESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY GRIFASIStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1970
- ALEX C SPENCE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 20, 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.