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STEVEN MICHAEL STICKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1948 – July 4, 1969
Service recordSteven Michael Sticks, of Okauchee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 63
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Okauchee, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 63
- MICHAEL THOMAS SHUEMAKERCorporal · July 4, 1969
- LANCE WILFRED STLAURENTSpecialist Five · July 4, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM SYDORPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- FLOYD WATTSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAYMOND DRISCOLL IIISergeant · Panel 21W, Line 58
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.