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STEVEN BLAINE RICCIONE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 8, 1947 – September 27, 1967
Service recordSteven Blaine Riccione, of Geneva, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Geneva, New York (Ontario County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 22
- EDWARD ANTHONY CARRUTHERSLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- JOHNNIE D SANDERSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- HUELYN BERNARD STOKERLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS WILLIAM BELLACH JRCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 18
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 20
- ROBIN LEE VARNEYSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 23
From Geneva
- KENNETH JAMES HELSTROMCorporal · November 7, 1967
- CHARLES EDGAR WUERTENBERGERCaptain · January 17, 1968
- JOHN BIGELOW MOORESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES BOOTHESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- ROBERT DONALD SHERADINPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.