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STEVEN ALLEN TRANT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 12, 1951 – July 21, 1972
Service recordSteven Allen Trant, of Custer, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 57
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Custer, South Dakota (Custer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 57
- LEON FREDERICK HAASLieutenant · July 17, 1972
- RAYMOND PETER DONNELLYLieutenant · July 19, 1972
- EDWARD GARDNER HAYEN IIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1972
- LARRY JOHN YOUNGPetty Officer First Class · July 20, 1972
From Custer
- JAMES PAIGE WRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- HOWARD ELMER DRAINPrivate First Class · March 17, 1972
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.