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STEVE HATHAWAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – June 23, 1969
Service recordSteve Hathaway, of Maitland, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 119
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Maitland, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 119
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- ANSON THORNE GERONZIN JRSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- DAVID ROYDEN GILLSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE GRAYSergeant · June 23, 1969
From Maitland
- JAMES BRANNON MEEKSpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
- GERALD KEITH BROWNSergeant · March 7, 1968
- RANDY MARVIN RIGSBYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1971
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.