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STEVEN THOMAS RUNYON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1948 – December 16, 1967
Service recordSteven Thomas Runyon, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 12
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 12
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- PATRICK ROBERT ROYPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- MARCOS SOSA JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- RONALD T STOKESSergeant · December 16, 1967
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WALTERSSpecialist Four · April 15, 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.