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ROBERT JAMES STEEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1947 – October 4, 1966
Service recordRobert James Steel served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1947
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 47
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- RONALD KEITH STANEARTPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- DAVID ONEIL WEBSTERCaptain · October 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE W ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 43
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 47
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.