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STEVEN MIKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1950 – January 6, 1971
Service recordSteven Mike, of Gallup, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 29
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Gallup, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 29
- LARRY THOMAS DUCKETTCorporal · January 6, 1971
- BRUCE LYNN GOODSELLStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1971
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
- NELLO BALDWIN JRCorporal · January 7, 1971
From Gallup
- JOSEPH DANIEL HURTASergeant · March 22, 1967
- STAN LEROY CORFIELDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · June 5, 1967
- WOODROW DENNIS ADLERSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- PATRICK SKEETSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- VAN ETSITTYCorporal · June 1, 1968
- JERRY DELBERT ABEYTACorporal · June 22, 1968
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · November 19, 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.