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JOHN STEPHEN SATTERFIELD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1948 – December 28, 1972
Service recordJohn Stephen Satterfield, of Booneville, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1972, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 108
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Booneville, Arkansas (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1972; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 108
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTTCorporal · December 31, 1972
- GARY LEE BOYCEPetty Officer Second Class · January 1, 1973
- KENNETH DOYLE SCAIFESeaman Apprentice · January 3, 1973
- STEVEN BRYCE JOHNSTONCaptain · January 4, 1973
From Booneville
- MORRISON AUTHER COTNERMajor · April 28, 1967
- JOHN LLOYD VORIESSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN FROSTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1968
- CLYDE LEROY DICKASONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
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.