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STEVE MONROE SUMMERLIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1949 – October 26, 1967
Service recordSteve Monroe Summerlin, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 28E, Line 77
- RICHARD WILLIAM STEINSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- STANLEY WILLIAM TUNALLSergeant · October 26, 1967
- BILLY ROBERT WOHLGAMUTHPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DUANE CHARLES AKKERMANPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- COYTE DAVID CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
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.