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STEVEN EDWARD WETTERGREN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1948 – April 12, 1969
Service recordSteven Edward Wettergren, of St Peter, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 8, 1948
- Home of record
- St Peter, Minnesota (Nicollet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 68
- LLOYD EDWARD JONESPetty Officer Second Class · January 19, 1969
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- MILES D TOUCHBERRY JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- JERRY GLENN WEATHERFORDPrivate · April 12, 1969
From St Peter
- FREDRICK JOSEPH BRENKEPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND WEISEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
- HARVEY GORDON ENZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- MELVILLE ALBERT LURTH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLELLANSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
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.