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STEVEN RUSSELL PECK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 6, 1949 – March 15, 1971
Service recordSteven Russell Peck, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 51
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 51
- JAMES CARLTON MULLINAX JRSergeant · March 15, 1971
- JERRY WAYNE PEOPLESSpecialist Four · March 15, 1971
- MICHAEL HUGH RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 15, 1971
- DAVID MASON SEXTONSergeant · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS MICHAEL CURRYPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 48
- DAVID MASON SEXTONSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 51
- CLYDE THOMASCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 52
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 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.