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JAMES NELSON STEEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – August 24, 1969
Service recordJames Nelson Steen, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 105
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 105
- EDWARD AMBROSEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN ANDERSON JRCorporal · August 24, 1969
- BERNARD PHILLIP BAILEYSpecialist Four · August 24, 1969
- JAMES RUSSELL BEATTYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RUSSELL BEATTYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 105
- ROY DEWAYNE MCLENNANSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 108
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.