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STEVE NATHANIEL LAMBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – February 7, 1968
Service recordSteve Nathaniel Lambert, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 4
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 4
- EVERETT EUGENE JUSTICE JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE KANEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT RANDAL LORDSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KIRK EDWARD HOULEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 1
- WILLIAM HENRY SMITH JRSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 14
- ALBERT DEWELL WHITECorporal · Panel 38E, Line 18
- ROBERT LEO YORKPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 19
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.