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STEVEN ANDREW GERSHNOW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1944 – July 18, 1968
Service recordSteven Andrew Gershnow, of Woodmere, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Woodmere, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 4
- JAMES ROLAND FALLSTICHPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- EDDIE TYREE FRIERSONSergeant · July 18, 1968
- FRANKLYN WALLACE GERMANYSergeant · July 18, 1968
- JOHN EDMOND HALSELLLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
From Woodmere
- PETER T MELAHNPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- ROBERT IRWIN MEEKERSergeant · February 18, 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.