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RAYMOND STEPTOE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1945 – August 15, 1966
Service recordRaymond Steptoe, of Navasota, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 11
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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 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Navasota, Texas (Grimes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 11
- DONALD L SUMMERSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD TAYLORMajor · August 15, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HECTOR SANTOS ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 6
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- CHARLES WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 12
From Navasota
- AUBREY ELDON NOBLESSergeant First Class · October 17, 1972
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.