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STEVEN NICHOLAS RADU
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – December 19, 1967
Service recordSteven Nicholas Radu, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 26
- JERRY LEE NATIONSSecond Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- GARY LESLIE NORMANCorporal · December 19, 1967
- LOUIE PETE PINAPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RANDALL BREWARD PURDYLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER OTHO BROWN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 20
- EDGAR ALLEN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- CHARLES CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- EUGENE MILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 25
- JIMMY LEE WOOLFOLKPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 28
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.