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STEVEN LEE FAWBUSH
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 24, 1951 – July 24, 1970
Service recordSteven Lee Fawbush, of Jeffersontown, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Jeffersontown, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 48
- ROBERT LOUIS BOLANMaster Sergeant · July 24, 1970
- HARRY JULIAN BORTPetty Officer Second Class · July 24, 1970
- BILLY BRUCE BULLCorporal · July 24, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS GLENN JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 49
From Jeffersontown
- CARL A HUMPHREYSergeant · February 24, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT HUCKLEBERRYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · July 7, 1970
- ROBERT DALE KAVICHCorporal · November 22, 1970
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.