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STEVE RONALD REISER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1947 – January 15, 1969
Service recordSteve Ronald Reiser, of Thedford, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Thedford, Nebraska (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 10
- ROBERTO RAMOSLance Corporal · January 15, 1969
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- MICHAEL MELVIN SPARKColonel · January 15, 1969
- NICHOLAS JOHN SWIDONOVICHFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
From Thedford
- HAROLD DUANE BARNESSpecialist Four · January 1, 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.