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STEVEN WILLIAM ZIEGLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1943 – January 31, 1968
Service recordSteven William Ziegler, of Zelienople, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Zelienople, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 44
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- ONEAL WRIGHTLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- LESTER GARNELL YARBROUGHPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE B BRAUGHTON JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 88
- HOWARD EARL BUTTONSergeant First Class · Panel 35E, Line 89
- PATRICK CYRIL CARTNEYSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 1
- ALFRED PATRICK L COFFROTHSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 3
- SAM HARRIS GALLOWAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 9
- GIDEON PICHA JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 18
- HELMUT GUSTAV LAKASZUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JAMES PERRY LANIERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JOSEPH VIETO MARRONESpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 24
- RUSSELL E MILBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 25
- MICHAEL ALAN POGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 31
- JAMES STANCELL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 38
- JAMES LEWIS WAGESSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 38
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 42
From Zelienople
- RICHARD HARRY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- THOMAS RALPH BIERLINESergeant · November 19, 1970
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.