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THOMAS WILLIAM STEELE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1949 – September 11, 1968
Service recordThomas William Steele, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 31
- FRED CONCETTO SPINALance Corporal · September 11, 1968
- AKOS DEZSO SZEKELYCaptain · September 11, 1968
- EUGENE COSTELLA TIBBSStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- JIMMIE WALKER YOUNGSPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.