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TERRY MICHAEL STEINER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1949 – March 11, 1970
Service recordTerry Michael Steiner, of North Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- North Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 114
- LESTER PAUL SABAPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- JOSE LUIS SANTOS-LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- MICHAEL NELSON SULLIVANCorporal · March 11, 1970
- LARRY GAIL WILLIAMSONLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LINWOOD MATHISCaptain · Panel 13W, Line 113
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.