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MARTIN FREDERICK STERUD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – November 6, 1967
Service recordMartin Frederick Sterud, of Oakley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 36
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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 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakley, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 36
- EDRICK KENNETH STEVENSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- JOHN KARL TOOKELance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- RICHARD QUENTIN WEEMSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH LEE AVERYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 27
- ROBERT LESTER CARTERCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 28
- JERRY L HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 30
- STEPHEN FRANKLIN JUMPERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 31
- BRUCE CHARLES LEISINGPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 32
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 32
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.