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KENNETH M STEINKIRCHNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1946 – February 15, 1971
Service recordKenneth M Steinkirchner, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 109
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 109
- YOSHIO TAKEHARASergeant First Class · February 15, 1971
- TAGIPO VAOGA TAUALASpecialist Four · February 15, 1971
- JAMES HARRY TAYLORSecond Lieutenant · February 15, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK THOMPSONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TORRES BENJAMIN BURGOSPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 104
- DAVID WAYNE COMBERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 105
- JULIAN ERNEST MARQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 107
- STANLEY EUGENE REDMONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 108
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.