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STEVEN GLEN SHIRK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – September 22, 1968
Service recordSteven Glen Shirk, of Auburn, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 66
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburn, Indiana (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 66
- SAMUEL ROSAS-SANZPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- NATHAN RAY SALESPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- MERREL GERALD SARVELAPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- JAMES BERNARD SCOTTSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROY LEE HENLEYCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 62
From Auburn
- WILLIAM MARK CROYStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1966
- GORDON ALLEN SHAWCorporal · May 13, 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.