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STEVEN JOHN KEARNS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 18, 1951 – May 31, 1971
Service recordSteven John Kearns, of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 60
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1951
- Home of record
- North Brookfield, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 60
- CLINTON ALLEN MUSIL SRCaptain · May 31, 1971
- GARY JAMES SHINNSpecialist Four · May 31, 1971
- AUGUSTUS ADAMSPrivate · June 1, 1971
- GEORGE HOWARD GLAWSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JACK WALTER BRUNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 59
- CLINTON ALLEN MUSIL SRCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 60
From North Brookfield
- JAMES JACOB BYSZEKPrivate First Class · July 1, 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.