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STEVEN NEIL BEZOLD
Captain · U.S. Army
June 12, 1944 – October 29, 1968
Service recordSteven Neil Bezold, of Mckittrick, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 52
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 94 ARTY 108 ARTY
- Born
- June 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Mckittrick, Missouri (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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
Also on Panel 40W, Line 52
- DAVID STUART TAYLOR JRCorporal · October 28, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT TUNISONFirst Lieutenant · October 28, 1968
- HARRY LEON WELLSSergeant · October 28, 1968
- DANNY GENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 28, 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.