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STEVEN REY SEGURA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1948 – March 1, 1969
Service recordSteven Rey Segura, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 8
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1948
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 8
- JOHN EDWARD TIPTONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- ALVIN CARNALL TOOMBS JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- WILBERT MICHAEL WEBSTERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- MOUNCE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL GRIMENSTEIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 3
- DALE GEORGE HELGESONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 4
- FRANK WILDERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 5
- DONALD RICHARD MAYBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 6
- MOUNCE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 8
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.