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STEVEN KIRBY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – February 24, 1967
Service recordSteven Kirby, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 84
- PAUL HOUSTON GRAYPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- CARL A HUMPHREYSergeant · February 24, 1967
- EMORY FRANKLIN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 82
- THOMAS EDWARD M GRAY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 85
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · Panel 15E, Line 86
- VICTOR VANCE ULLBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 87
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.