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STEVEN MARK KUSTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – February 7, 1970
Service recordSteven Mark Kuster, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 114
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 114
- WILLIAM VINCENT YOUNGSpecialist Five · February 7, 1970
- MAHLON RONNIE ARNETTSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
- GILBERT BLANDONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- ARLIS RAY BRANSCUMCorporal · February 8, 1970
- RODRIGO FUENTES IBARRAMaster Sergeant · February 8, 1970
From Rapid City
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 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.