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STEVEN LEE MCFARLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – April 10, 1969
Service recordSteven Lee McFarland, of Ventura, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 51
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 51
- RICKY DAVID MAUNEYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JOHN LOUIS MORGAN JRCorporal · April 10, 1969
- JOHN GORDON NURSESergeant · April 10, 1969
- STANLEY JOHN OTTMARSergeant · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER SPERRING STRAHANPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 53
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 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.