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STEVEN JAMES DAWSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1948 – September 17, 1968
Service recordSteven James Dawson, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 29 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 13
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- DEWAYNE CORBITTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- COLOMBO PHIL DELTERZOSergeant · September 17, 1968
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 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.