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PAUL ROBERT STEPP JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – March 29, 1970
Service recordPaul Robert Stepp JR, of Flat Rock, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Flat Rock, North Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 58
- GILBERT COROA PEIXOTOCorporal · March 29, 1970
- MICHAEL JONAS PYNNONENCorporal · March 29, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES RANDOLPHCorporal · March 29, 1970
- WARNER STARKSCorporal · March 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 54
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDINSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 55
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAINLEYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 56
- JIMMY ISHMAEL HICKSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 56
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 56
- STARET JOHN INGLESTONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 57
- DAVID MICHAEL KINGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 57
- DONN MICHAEL LORBERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 57
- GILBERT COROA PEIXOTOCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
- MICHAEL JAMES WAINWRIGHTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 59
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.