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STEVEN ROBERT MAJOR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1945 – September 21, 1968
Service recordSteven Robert Major, of Elmhurst, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 56
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
- Born
- November 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 56
- JOHN ALBERT MCGEHEEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- THOMAS ALLAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE NELSON JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- MICHAEL DEAN NYSTULLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
From Elmhurst
- JACK ARTHUR SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- LARRY RAY PALMERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- JOHN HENRY CURTINFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- KENNETH ERWIN STEINHEBELCorporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD SCHULZEPrivate First Class · March 1, 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.