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STEVEN SAM CHOY CHING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – March 29, 1967
Service recordSteven Sam Choy Ching, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Supply Specialist (76J)
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 68
- JAMES ELMORE HARRELLLance Corporal · March 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- JIM EDWARD OESTRIECHSpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
- DENNIS RAY PUCKETTSeaman · March 29, 1967
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.