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STEVEN LEROY PESSIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1948 – September 4, 1969
Service recordSteven Leroy Pessier, of Charleston Heights, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston Heights, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 34
- CHARLES ELBERT LONGSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- MARVIN JOHN LOUVIEREPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL LYONS IIISecond Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT REITZCaptain · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL CARRELL FORDHAMSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 32
From Charleston Heights
- JOSEPH LEVERN RABONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY GARNERPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1967
- HERBERT WIGFALL JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES A JONESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL SEASEMaster Sergeant · September 8, 1967
- CLYDE A RHINEHARTSergeant · February 11, 1968
- WAYNE WOOD KNUPPSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE WARNERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- RONALD DALE PATECorporal · February 5, 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.