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STEVEN AARON HAMPTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 3, 1947 – December 15, 1968
Service recordSteven Aaron Hampton, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 25
- KENNETH BRUCE BIXELSergeant · December 15, 1968
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · December 15, 1968
- CHARLES ELBERT GAYSpecialist Five · December 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.