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STEVEN VINCENT AST
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 9, 1950 – March 2, 1971
Service recordSteven Vincent Ast, of Emporia, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Emporia, Kansas (Lyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 16
- FREDERICK JOSEPH BAUMSergeant First Class · February 28, 1971
- BYRON ALLEN BANGERTCorporal · March 2, 1971
- PAUL LESLIE BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 2, 1971
- PAUL GLEN BRIGHTSpecialist Five · March 2, 1971
- JESSIE MICHAEL BROOKSStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1971
From Emporia
- MARVIN DOUGLAS BUCKRIDGESpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- JOHN L PONTINGSergeant First Class · November 22, 1967
- LEWIS R G DORSEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- MICHAEL NEIL HUBERTStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- TIMOTHY LYNN CARLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
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.