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RICHARD EDWARD STEEL
Major · U.S. Army
January 22, 1933 – November 4, 1965
Service recordRichard Edward Steel, of Texarkana, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 19
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 22, 1933
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 19
- THOMAS ALVIN SAGENPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LYONSFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1965
- FRED MOORE JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ALAN LYNN BARNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 16
- JAMES EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 16
- RICHARD ARTHUR COFFEYSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 17
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 17
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 17
- ROYAL CLIFTON FISHER JRCaptain · Panel 3E, Line 17
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 17
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · Panel 3E, Line 18
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 18
- JAMES HENRY JARZENSKISergeant · Panel 3E, Line 18
- CHAMP JACKSON LAWSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 18
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 19
- WILLIAM JOHN LYONSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 19
- FRED MOORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 19
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 19
- BENJAMIN ROBERT PINKERTONSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 20
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3E, Line 20
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 20
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3E, Line 20
- LARIS WHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 21
From Texarkana
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · June 23, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE LAIRDSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1968
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE LYNN HARLANDSergeant · May 1, 1968
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- HOWARD LEE ELDERSergeant · July 8, 1970
- STEPHEN OWEN MUSSELMANLieutenant · September 10, 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.