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STEVEN FRANCIS HARPER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordSteven Francis Harper, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 10
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 10
- DANIEL NORBERT GLOWACKIFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE GREENECorporal · July 4, 1968
- MILO STEVEN HOMSTADPetty Officer Third Class · July 4, 1968
- PAUL LASZLO KAPPLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MORRIS POWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 12
- LEVI RAY REYNOLDSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 53W, Line 12
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.