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STEVEN WILLIAM MCCLOUD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordSteven William McCloud, of Anna, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 5
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Anna, Illinois (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 5
- RICHARD DOUGLAS MCKENZIESecond Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- GENE ALLEN MYERSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- CHARLES NELSONPrivate · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES NELSON CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- JOHN HOWARD HUGHESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 1
- WILLIAM HOWARD MILLERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 4
- NORMAN WADE TEETERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 4
- LIONEL THOMAS RACHALCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 6
- RONALD JAMES MATELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 9
From Anna
- ROBERT EUGENE ROBINSONLieutenant Commander · May 13, 1967
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.