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STEVEN JOHN SURMA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – April 15, 1967
Service recordSteven John Surma, of Waubay, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 31
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Waubay, South Dakota (Day County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 31
- RONALD EUGENE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- BALDOMERO ARTURO NADALCorporal · April 15, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN REICHERTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO FLORES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 28
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 30
- FRANCISCO MACEDO VALENCIACorporal · Panel 18E, Line 32
From Waubay
- MICHAEL MEREDITH JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 24, 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.