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SIM SMEDDLEY STEVERSON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1932 – December 13, 1967
Service recordSim Smeddley Steverson, of Ellisville, Mississippi, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 89
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Ellisville, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 89
- RICHARD DALE JENKSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 13, 1967
- KENNETH R STUBBLEFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- JAMES GOODWIN WHALEYSpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
- IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
From Ellisville
- CHARLES FRANKLIN WALLACEMajor · August 28, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES MCNAIRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- ROBERT EARL POORESpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- JOHN TERRY GRAYSpecialist Four · April 7, 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.