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JOEL RICHARD STEPP
Seaman · U.S. Navy
January 14, 1948 – February 10, 1970
Service recordJoel Richard Stepp, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 124
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 124
- DOUGLAS HOWARD TANNERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1970
- LANNIE RAY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
- JOHN JAMES BURNS JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- MORGAN LANE CAHOONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.