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STEVEN OWEN PERLEWITZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1947 – February 26, 1967
Service recordSteven Owen Perlewitz, of Algoma, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 99
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Algoma, Wisconsin (Kewaunee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 99
- ARTHUR ALAN NIEDERMEIERPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- MATTHEW THEODORE ORTONCorporal · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- BRADLEY LELAND POWERSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- DANNY RAY REIGSTADPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
From Algoma
- JACK RAYMOND RUSHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH KOSTKASpecialist Four · June 1, 1970
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.