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STEVEN ORLANDO DILE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1948 – January 28, 1970
Service recordSteven Orlando Dile, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 74
- KENNETH SANDFORD BERCIERSpecialist Four · January 28, 1970
- TERRY ALFRED CARTERLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
- PETER DAVID GUZMANSpecialist Four · January 28, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS HACKETT JRLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PETER DAVID GUZMANSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 74
- FRANK DODGE MADRIDSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 76
- JOHN ANDREW SHAFFERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 77
From Chambersburg
- CHARLES DAVID RAILINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- PIERRE LEROY SULLIVANSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- MELVIN GRAYSON EHRHARTSergeant · April 28, 1969
- JAY THOMAS DILLERSergeant · May 6, 1970
- ROGER ALAN BARNHARTLance Corporal · December 12, 1970
- FRED BRYAN ROSENBERRYSergeant · April 3, 1971
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.