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STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1950 – July 28, 1970
Service recordSteven Sebastian Crosier, of Toppenish, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Toppenish, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 61
- GEORGE FREDRICK BEELERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- LAURENCE GORDON BROWNSergeant · July 28, 1970
- ROBERT NORRIS CHINQUINAFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1970
- WILLIAM BERT CLEVERLEYPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAURENCE GORDON BROWNSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 61
- GERALD MICHAEL VETRANOStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 64
From Toppenish
- M D MCMICANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
- GEORGE ISAAC PADILLACorporal · January 15, 1967
- MERREL P WHITTINGTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- FRANKIE RAY JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- STEPHEN A ELLENWOOD JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- TERRY DEAN MASONSeaman · September 5, 1969
- MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDERCorporal · February 18, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
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.