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STEVEN CRAIG OWEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 25, 1947 – May 31, 1969
Service recordSteven Craig Owen, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 29
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 29
- STEVEN LOUIS MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · May 31, 1969
- LESLIE T MCMACKEN JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1969
- RAYMOND LESTER MORRISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- PAUL VINCENT NELSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEE ALEXANDERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 24
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.