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STEVEN KENNETH SPRINKLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordSteven Kenneth Sprinkle, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 31
- SALVADORE INIGUEZ RUIZSergeant · May 31, 1969
- KENNETH WESLEY SCURRFirst Lieutenant · May 31, 1969
- WILLIAM JERRY SEWELLStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1969
- LANDUS S TAYLOR JRCorporal · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 25
- RUSSELL EVANSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 26
- DAVID WASHINGTON KINNEYCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 28
- SALVADOR PUGA TRIANASpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 32
- THOMAS ARTHUR WATSONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 33
- JAMES JOSEPH WISESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 34
- JAMES ALFRED WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 34
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 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.