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STEVEN DEAN CHURCHWARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1945 – March 15, 1969
Service recordSteven Dean Churchward, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 44
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 44
- JOHN WAYNE CAMPSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERECorporal · March 15, 1969
- TOMMY JOE DIXONCorporal · March 15, 1969
- JAMES DOLLARDSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
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.