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STEVEN JAMES PRESCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1946 – May 8, 1968
Service recordSteven James Prescott, of Brightwaters, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 8
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Brightwaters, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 8
- RICHARD W FRINKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKERINGPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MIGUEL A ABREU-BATISTA JRCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 34
- JOE CARRILLO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 35
- JEFFERY MICHAEL QUIRKSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 9
- JAMES SAMUEL SINGLETARYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 10
- MICHAEL HENRY STEWARTCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 10
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.