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JOSEPH R STEINER III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1947 – August 17, 1968
Service recordJoseph R Steiner III, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 35
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 35
- LEON ALTON PALMERSergeant · August 17, 1968
- WILLIAM ELMO POWELLCaptain · August 17, 1968
- WALTER SEALSSergeant · August 17, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES THOMASPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARLOS GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 32
- MICKY RAY HIGHLANDERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 33
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.