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STEVE ANDERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 12, 1946 – July 10, 1969
Service recordSteve Anderson, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 91
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- JUAN LUIS TERRAZASSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- PETER EDWARD ULRICKSONCorporal · July 9, 1969
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.