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STEVE RANDAL WHITAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1949 – March 26, 1969
Service recordSteve Randal Whitaker, of Central City, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- December 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Central City, Kentucky (Muhlenberg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 55
- ROBERT OLIVER WELLSSergeant · March 26, 1969
- LAWRENCE M WILHELM JRStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1969
- DONNIS GLEN WILLISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- JOSEPH F WILLISFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
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.