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STEVEN ARTHUR WESSEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 15, 1948 – January 4, 1969
Service recordSteven Arthur Wessel, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 37
- RAYMOND WELLINGTON BLANDINLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH CHALLENERCorporal · January 5, 1969
- MICHAEL CROWDERSpecialist Four · January 5, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES ELSTENMajor · January 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LOREN FOUNTAINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 34
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.