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STEVEN DREW STRUBE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 26, 1951 – February 24, 1970
Service recordSteven Drew Strube, of Norfolk, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 51
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Nebraska (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 51
- ERNEST LYKURGUS BROWN JRChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1970
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOPKINSLance Corporal · February 24, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- FRANK CHARLES NEWMANLieutenant Colonel · February 24, 1970
From Norfolk
- DENNIS WILLIAM ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- JERRY L ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWIN SCHEURICHCommander · March 1, 1968
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- JEROME DEE CHANDLERSergeant · November 27, 1968
- CLAUDE RICHARD VANANDELSergeant · May 27, 1969
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · December 3, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFFPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
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.