The Wall › Panel 3W › Washington › Steven Jeffery Minkler
STEVEN JEFFERY MINKLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1952 – July 18, 1971
Service recordSteven Jeffery Minkler, of Lynnwood, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 110
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1952
- Home of record
- Lynnwood, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 110
- PHILIP DUANE CHEEKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1971
- JAMES ALBERT JOHNSONPrivate · July 18, 1971
- CHARLES W ROBERTS JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
- RUDOLPH STEVENSSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH STEVENSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 110
From Lynnwood
- ANTHONY MICHAEL LEACHLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- MORRIS KEITH JAMESSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- DALE ARNOLD YATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 1, 1969
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.