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STEVEN LYNN ZOBEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordSteven Lynn Zobel, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 4
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Fire Control Party Man (0849)
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 4
- LEE MELLINGTON BARGERCorporal · May 22, 1968
- JUNIOR WAYNE BARRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 22, 1968
- JERRY LEE CHAMBERSLieutenant Colonel · May 22, 1968
From Oshkosh
- ORLAND ORRIN BEARWALDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1965
- KENNETH BRUCE HAWLEYCorporal · August 12, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD MANSKEPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS DOBISHPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DONALD ROY LASTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT FISCHERSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN MEHNEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · January 5, 1968
- CHRISTIAN ALAN LANGENFELDPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- MANUEL TORRES LOPEZSergeant First Class · June 27, 1968
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.