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STEVE EDWARD WERTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1946 – December 4, 1968
Service recordSteve Edward Wertz, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 43
- JOHN A TOWNSEND JRStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1968
- CROW BLAIR WILLIAM TWOPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- BROADUS WAYNE VERNONPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- GARY NORMAN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GABRIEL CARDONA JRCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 38
- CROW BLAIR WILLIAM TWOPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 43
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.