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STEVEN KEITH BRANDENBURG
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1947 – August 19, 1968
Service recordSteven Keith Brandenburg, of Galveston, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Metal Worker (1316)
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Galveston, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 52
- GARY ALAN BARNESSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- BRUCE CLAYTON BROGOITTISergeant · August 19, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1968
- THEOTHIS COLLINSLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
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.