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STEVEN PAUL LINNA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – February 4, 1968
Service recordSteven Paul Linna, of South Range, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 24
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- South Range, Michigan (Houghton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 24
- RUSSELL EDWARD KEPHARTSergeant · February 4, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS KINGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- BRUCE NEAL KNOXCorporal · February 4, 1968
- GARRY FRANK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOSEPH ALLSTOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 17
- RUSSELL DAVID CHASEPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 19
- JOHNNIE LEE DOUGLASPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 20
- LARRY DOUGLAS KINGSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 24
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.