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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Steven Forrest Freeman.

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STEVEN FORREST FREEMAN

Corporal · U.S. Army

September 1, 1947 – November 29, 1967

Service record

Steven Forrest Freeman, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31E · Line 3

Position of Panel 31E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
Unit (as recorded)
A CO 123 AVN BN AMER DIV
Born
September 1, 1947
Home of record
Houston, Texas (Harris County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 29, 1967
Age
20
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 31E, Line 3

From Houston

All 358 names from Houston →

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.