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STEVE SPENCER DENIKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1951 – December 30, 1970
Service recordSteve Spencer Denike, of Haslett, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Haslett, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 15
- BRIAN ANTHONY HORINEKFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1970
- LARRY JAMES ANDERSONPrivate · December 31, 1970
- HAROLD E ASHERPetty Officer Third Class · December 31, 1970
- EDGAR PETER BECK JRConstructionman · December 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD WAYNE BRAMLETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 14
- BRIAN ANTHONY HORINEKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 15
From Haslett
- WILLIAM CHARLES WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · September 21, 1967
- RAYMOND LESTER MORRISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- JOHN HARLAND FARLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 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.