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STEVE WARREN TRAIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 31, 1945 – April 2, 1970
Service recordSteve Warren Train, of Lindsborg, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 2, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 85
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- October 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Lindsborg, Kansas (Mcpherson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 85
- CHARLES E SUPRENANT JRFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- JAMES ALBERT SWARTZ JRLance Corporal · April 2, 1970
- MICHAEL FRANCIS THOMASStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- WILLIAM LOUIS VASPORYSergeant · April 2, 1970
From Lindsborg
- DAVID LEE KRIGHospitalman · May 15, 1967
- DAN VICTOR LINDHOLMSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- JOHN CARL LINDAHLLieutenant · January 6, 1973
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.