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STEFFAN MICHAEL FREDSTI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1947 – April 14, 1967
Service recordSteffan Michael Fredsti, of Simi, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Simi, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 25
- MORRIS BOWDOIN WITTCaptain · April 13, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD CLIFCORNPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEROSAPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
From Simi
- GREGORY LAWRENCE MARTINPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- EDRICK KENNETH STEVENSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES JACKSONCorporal · March 17, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM AYERSCaptain · July 20, 1970
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.