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STEVE MASAO OHARA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1947 – September 1, 1968
Service recordSteve Masao Ohara, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 21
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 21
- EDWARD MERLE JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- JOHN PAUL NOWICKIStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- RONNIE CARDOZA PIMENTELPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL DEAN BUSSESergeant · Panel 45W, Line 18
- LUIS G GOMEZ-MESASergeant · Panel 45W, Line 19
- EDWARD MERLE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 21
- RONNIE CARDOZA PIMENTELPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 21
- ANGEL LUIS REYES JRCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 22
- ROGER LYNN SHREWSBERRYCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 22
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 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.