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LARRY ELMER STEPPEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1949 – April 4, 1971
Service recordLarry Elmer Steppee, of Cumberland City, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1971, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 107
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
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Cumberland City, Tennessee (Stewart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1971; four of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 107
- LARRY DEAN SUEDMYER IIISergeant · April 4, 1971
- MELVIN CARTER WHEELER JRCorporal · April 4, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
- KARL ROBERT BERBERTPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY VASCAL KNIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 106
- NOEL CHARLES LAPLANTEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 106
- HARVEY MICHAEL REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 106
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.