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STEVEN CARL GASSEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – September 22, 1968
Service recordSteven Carl Gassen, of Evanston, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 62
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Evanston, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 62
- FRANK CAVOSOS GONZALESSergeant · September 22, 1968
- HERSHEL LEE WALTO GOSSETTSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- ADOLPH BRINKMAN HAMM JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- ROY LEE HENLEYCorporal · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DEXTER BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 60
- WILLIE RAY LAYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 64
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 64
- NATHAN RAY SALESPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 66
From Evanston
- RICHARD FRANK WALLACECaptain · August 24, 1965
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ARTHUR ANDERSONLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- LEE OWENS WHITE JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- NELSON SAYLER LEHMAN JRCaptain · March 7, 1967
- CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1967
- ALLAN JOSEPH HERMANSecond Lieutenant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE KEATSCaptain · February 2, 1968
- ALBERT JEAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.