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STEVEN VERNON ELTING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1948 – September 21, 1969
Service recordSteven Vernon Elting, of Vestaburg, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Vestaburg, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 120
- JOE ALBERT FOSTER JRSergeant First Class · September 21, 1969
- DAVITT JOHN FRANKSCorporal · September 21, 1969
- MERLE WILLIAM HABENPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- LARRY CECIL HATHCOCKSpecialist Four · September 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILFREDO BALAGOT ANDRADASergeant · Panel 18W, Line 118
- DENNIS LEE BARTLEBAUGHCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 118
- CARL ANDREW DEANCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 118
- GREGORIO PEDRO CASTILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 119
- JOE ALBERT FOSTER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 120
- DAVITT JOHN FRANKSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 120
- LARRY CECIL HATHCOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 120
- MICHAEL JEROME PACHECOCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 122
- THOMAS LLOYD LARSONCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 123
- HENRY MATT STEWART JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 123
From Vestaburg
- DANIEL JOSEPH RUSNELLPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DEAN L BEACHMajor · October 7, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN FISKSergeant · December 16, 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.