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STEVE MAURICE TRIVELPIECE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1948 – April 4, 1968
Service recordSteve Maurice Trivelpiece, of Stockton, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 12
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48E, Line 12
- LARS PEDER SUNDELLPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- CHARLIE BERNARD THOMASCorporal · April 4, 1968
- EDWARD LAWRENCE TOWSLEEPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- FAUSTINO TREVINOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEON CHRIST BUEHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 59
- JESSE CLARENCE BURROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 59
- KEVIN GEORGE CANNONCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD LEONARD FAULLSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 2
- JOSE SALUSTINO GARZASergeant · Panel 48E, Line 2
- ROBERT ORAL GIRDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 3
- WILLIAM EDWARD GRACEPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 3
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · Panel 48E, Line 4
- CECIL R HOBBS JRSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 4
- DONALD BLAIR PAYSOURCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 8
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 8
- MIKE RAYMOND RASBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 9
- ROBERT HENRY RANGES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 10
- MORRIS RAYMONE SHEPARD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 11
- FAUSTINO TREVINOPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 12
- LUTHER TOMMY WILDERSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 13
- JON MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 14
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 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.