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MARK STEPHEN STEINER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – November 24, 1968
Service recordMark Stephen Steiner, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 53
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 53
- JERRY NIXON SCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1968
- ALFRED JOHN SMALLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN WASILOWCorporal · November 24, 1968
- DANIEL FLOYD WESTSergeant · November 24, 1968
- DANIEL LEE MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 48
- LARRY MARTIN CARROLLSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 48
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 49
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 49
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 49
- JACK JOHNSTONE SANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 52
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 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.