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STEVEN CLIFFORD ONEAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1950 – June 30, 1971
Service recordSteven Clifford Oneal, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 95
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 95
- JOHN ROBERT HOUSTONSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
- MARK JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · June 30, 1971
- GARY LYNN LEWISStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- PATRICK BENNETT MORRISSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK BENNETT MORRISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 95
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.