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STEVEN BERNARD MELNICK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 25, 1943 – August 17, 1970
Service recordSteven Bernard Melnick, of Billings, Montana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 119
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 119
- JOHN LLOYD MCCLURGCorporal · August 17, 1970
- PATRICK RORY OBRIENWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1970
- ROGER DAVID PARMENTIERSecond Lieutenant · August 17, 1970
- GUY WESLEY PATTONSergeant First Class · August 17, 1970
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
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.