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JOSEPH JOHN STEIMBACH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 23, 1945 – April 12, 1968
Service recordJoseph John Steimbach, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 36
- REYNALDO NAVA OROZCOCorporal · April 12, 1968
- NOLAN REED RAYSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- LOYD EDWARD STROISCHSergeant · April 12, 1968
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALLACE JAMES DIETZSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 30
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.