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THOMAS JACK STEIMER
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
May 12, 1942 – May 8, 1967
Service recordThomas Jack Steimer, of Piedmont, California, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 8, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 67
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 144 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63
- Born
- May 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Piedmont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 67
- KURT CLARENCE STAABPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- PHILIP RICHARD VANASSECorporal · May 8, 1967
From Piedmont
- KENDALL WILLIAM THOMPSONCorporal · June 3, 1968
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.