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TOWNSER STEELE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – April 8, 1969
Service recordTownser Steele JR, of Selma, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 41
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Selma, Alabama (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 41
- FRANCIS MARK SAMZSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- LARRY DOUGLAS SIMPSONCorporal · April 8, 1969
- GERRAL AUBREY SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1969
- WILLIAM OWEN STEEDFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 37
- TONY PALACIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 40
- JIMMY ROGER WESTMORELANDPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 43
From Selma
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- FREDDIE LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1966
- JOSEPH E WILKINSON IIIMajor · January 9, 1967
- CARL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- FREDERICK DOUGLAS BARGEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · October 28, 1971
- RONNIE SHARPEPrivate First Class · November 20, 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.