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STEVEN EARL WILDMAN
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
February 27, 1947 – August 8, 1968
Service recordSteven Earl Wildman, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 35
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 35
- MELVIN LLOYD MCARTHURSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- WILLIAM CLEMENS WIESKUSStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1968
- ROBERT OSCAR BUMILLERSpecialist Four · August 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JRCorporal · August 9, 1968
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.