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STEVEN WAYNE NEVILLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1951 – September 25, 1971
Service recordSteven Wayne Neville, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 26
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 26
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1971
- JOHN HENRY GREGORY JRMaster Sergeant · September 26, 1971
- WILLIS EUGENE KERLIN JRSergeant · September 26, 1971
- ROGER LEE SVIRSergeant · September 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JEROME MILLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 25
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.