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JOHN ALLEN STEEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – March 26, 1970
Service recordJohn Allen Steel, of Hopedale, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Hopedale, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 47
- DAVID TOBIAS SOLISSpecialist Four · March 26, 1970
- NORMAN HOWARD STRENGTHSpecialist Four · March 26, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT WYNNEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1970
- RAYMOND AGUIRREPrivate First Class · March 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOE ALEXANDER ESCANDONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 45
- MARVIN SHELLSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 46
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.