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JOHN CLIFTON STEER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1947 – October 31, 1967
Service recordJohn Clifton Steer, of Kingston, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 106
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Kingston, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 106
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD STALNAKERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM TAPPE JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- SCOTT LOUIS THIRYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- ALBERT CLAY WATSON JRLance Corporal · October 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DANE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 102
- RALPH JOSEPH DIPACESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 103
- JERRY DON EVERETTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 103
- GREGORY GEORGE HUBBARDCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 103
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 104
- RILEY LEROY PITTSCaptain · Panel 28E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD STALNAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 106
- CURTIS F WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 107
From Kingston
- DAVID ELVIN BUNKERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
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.