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STEVEN MARK CRONRATH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1950 – April 24, 1970
Service recordSteven Mark Cronrath, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Lansdowne, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 44
- JAMES EMORY CROSSCaptain · April 24, 1970
- MYRON DIDURYKMajor · April 24, 1970
- ERNEST ERVIN ENGLISHSergeant · April 24, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT FOWLERCaptain · April 24, 1970
From Lansdowne
- HOWARD PHILIP PURCELLCaptain · September 2, 1963
- THOMAS GERARD DINEEN JRSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1967
- JOHN J MCHUGHFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 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.