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RICHARD E STECKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1940 – January 22, 1968
Service recordRichard E Stecker, of Newcomerstown, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Newcomerstown, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 12
- TOM WILLIS SIMMONS JRPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- NATHANIEL WEATHERSGunnery Sergeant · January 22, 1968
- JERRY DAN WELLSPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- JOHN OLIVER WHITESergeant · January 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALE SCOTT PUISHISSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 11
From Newcomerstown
- ROGER DALE LEWISPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
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.