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STEVEN JAMES SKEEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1946 – June 23, 1969
Service recordSteven James Skeen, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 3
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 3
- JOHN CALVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- CHARLES STOCKTON TAYLORLieutenant (junior grade) · June 23, 1969
- HOMER DANIEL THICKSergeant First Class · June 23, 1969
- FRANKLIN W UNDERWOOD JRStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BARROWPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 116
- DONALD THOMAS LASKAYPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 122
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LINDQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 122
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
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.