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STEVE OTTO STRASSHOFER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1949 – June 27, 1969
Service recordSteve Otto Strasshofer, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 26
- MICHAEL LEE MCMASTERCorporal · June 27, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEILERLance Corporal · June 27, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES THEMMENPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- MICHAEL ALONZO WELLSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE LAWSONCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 24
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
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.