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Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970.
Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Steven Michael Haniotes.

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STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTES

Private First Class · U.S. Army

July 26, 1947 – May 17, 1967

Service record

Steven Michael Haniotes, of East Liverpool, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20E · Line 16

Position of Panel 20E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
Unit (as recorded)
173 AIRBORNE BDE
Born
July 26, 1947
Home of record
East Liverpool, Ohio (Columbiana County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 17, 1967
Age
19
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 20E, Line 16

Same unit, same day

From East Liverpool

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.