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STEVEN MORRIS HASTINGS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – August 1, 1968
Service recordSteven Morris Hastings, of Baldwin Park, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on August 1, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Baldwin Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 1, 1968
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 44
- HAROLD LEE MARCUMLance Corporal · August 1, 1968
- LEONARD THOMAS MARLINPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- HUBERT ARTHUR MEREDITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1968
- JIMMY LEE NATIONSpecialist Four · August 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FERNANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 50W, Line 41
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · Panel 50W, Line 42
- PETER JOHN RUSSELLCaptain · Panel 50W, Line 45
From Baldwin Park
- DONALD GEORGE GREENCaptain · November 16, 1965
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · June 15, 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.