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STEVE LEE STEWARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – April 6, 1970
Service recordSteve Lee Steward, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 101
- THERON CARL FEHRENBACH IIFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1970
- CARL BRADFORD GOODSONSpecialist Four · April 6, 1970
- JULIUS PATRICK JAEGERCaptain · April 6, 1970
- MICHAEL LEE KLINGNERCaptain · April 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE PAUL CHRISTMANCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 100
- CARL BRADFORD GOODSONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 101
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.