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STEVEN BOYD OAKS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1950 – March 11, 1969
Service recordSteven Boyd Oaks, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 12
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- September 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 12
- NEAL E MONETTECaptain · March 11, 1969
- WALTER LEE MOORESpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- JOHN FREDERICK MORRISPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- DENNIS LEE MOYERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.