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STEVEN FRANK EDWARDS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1948 – January 18, 1970
Service recordSteven Frank Edwards, of De Soto, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- De Soto, Iowa (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 42
- FRANK BLASPrivate First Class · January 18, 1970
- RICHARD EDWARD FORDSergeant · January 18, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN FOWLERPrivate First Class · January 18, 1970
- KENT DOUGLAS MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · January 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ROBERT COLGLAZIERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 43
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.