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STEVEN WALDRON
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
May 10, 1948 – February 9, 1967
Service recordSteven Waldron, of Baldwin Park, California, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 9, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 13
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- May 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Baldwin Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 13
- EDWIN EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- PETER BARBERACorporal · February 10, 1967
- WILLIAM J BRYANT JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
From Baldwin Park
- DONALD GEORGE GREENCaptain · November 16, 1965
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · June 15, 1968
- STEVEN MORRIS HASTINGSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 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.