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STEVEN ARNOLD STROUD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1949 – October 26, 1968
Service recordSteven Arnold Stroud, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 39
- CHARLES LEO POOLPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- STEPHEN HENRY SAMPLESPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- THOMAS ALFRED SENNEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- WILLIAM GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.