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STEVEN PAUL ETHERTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 24, 1950 – June 13, 1969
Service recordSteven Paul Etherton, of Evans, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Evans, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 39
- DONALD CHRISTIEStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1969
- RICHARD REX CLAXTONPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- DARRYL GRANT FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- NEAL CLINTON WARDMajor · June 13, 1969
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.