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KENNETH LEE STEEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1947 – February 28, 1967
Service recordKenneth Lee Steel, of Fremont, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 122
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Fremont, Nebraska (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 122
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- HARRY TRUMAN SATTERFIELDCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY SERAVALLICorporal · February 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 123
From Fremont
- LARRY WILLIAM HOLTZSpecialist Five · November 12, 1966
- GENE LEANDER TWEHOUSHospitalman · September 17, 1967
- JACK CHARLES PLAHNPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CRAIG ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- ROGER LEROY LANEPlatoon Sergeant · July 1, 1968
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.