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STEVEN PATRICK STEELE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 3, 1949 – April 20, 1970
Service recordSteven Patrick Steele, of Lake View Terrace, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake View Terrace, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 28
- JAMES EDWARD LOCKETTStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1970
- KENT WILLIAM LONGMIRESergeant · April 20, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK MAHANCaptain · April 20, 1970
- DAREK NICHOLAU RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · April 20, 1970
From Lake View Terrace
- JASPER DEAN STURDIVANTSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1966
- MARK EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.