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STEVEN EDWARD LEGLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 30, 1944 – October 3, 1967
Service recordSteven Edward Legler, of Woodland Hills, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 45
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 45
- TERRY LEE MARTINSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM W MCCARRICKWarrant Officer 1 · October 3, 1967
- DANIEL R MEADORSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 43
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 46
From Woodland Hills
- DAVID FRANK SHERRELLCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JEFFREY HOWARD FOULKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MYRON WALDO BERGStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1970
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.