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STEVEN LANCE HIENSMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1949 – June 27, 1970
Service recordSteven Lance Hiensman, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 98
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction And Utilities Worker (51A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 98
- JERRY MICHAEL CAREYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1970
- ALAN DAVID GARDNERMajor · June 27, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK HOLLISTERSpecialist Five · June 27, 1970
- LANCE MICHAEL LOFMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DANIEL PEDIGOSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 99
- JACK LEE WOLFESpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 100
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.