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STEVEN DUANE PAXSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1948 – May 22, 1969
Service recordSteven Duane Paxson, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 78
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 78
- JOHN JOSEPH MCANDREWSSergeant · May 22, 1969
- DOUGLAS FILLEBROWN MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1969
- ERROL WAYNE PERREIRAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- CLYDE RANDOLPH PERRY JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LAVELLE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 79
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.