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STEVEN SLUSHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1948 – January 8, 1969
Service recordSteven Slusher, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 56
- ANGEL L GONZALES-MADERASergeant First Class · January 8, 1969
- HARRY SIMSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- BILLY EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 52
- DANA JAMES KAEBERLECorporal · Panel 35W, Line 55
- LARRY EUGENE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 56
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 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.