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STEVE MIRICK JR
Private · U.S. Army
August 22, 1947 – February 28, 1969
Service recordSteve Mirick JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 95
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 95
- GERALDO MARQUEZSergeant · February 28, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCADAMSCaptain · February 28, 1969
- JERRY SYLVESTER MCDONALDSergeant · February 28, 1969
- BURT JOSEPH MEYER JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 87
- IRWIN BEYDASergeant · Panel 31W, Line 88
- JOSE CRESPOPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 90
- BURT JOSEPH MEYER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 95
- JOE BEN STUART JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 96
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.