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STEVEN WILLIAM MOLL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1949 – January 21, 1971
Service recordSteven William Moll, of Evansville, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 59
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Evansville, Illinois (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 59
- SAMUEL HOYT BARNETTPetty Officer First Class · January 21, 1971
- GREGORY SCOTT KARGERPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
- EUGENE JAMES LEVICKISPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1971
- BARTOW WESLEY POTTS JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
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.