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WALTER CHARLES STEELE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 9, 1947 – August 21, 1968
Service recordWalter Charles Steele, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 23
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 23
- RICHARD EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- EDWIN CHARLES SONNICHSENSergeant · August 21, 1968
- DELBERT RAY STOGSDILLPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- R D SULLIVANPetty Officer First Class · August 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 20
- DANIEL EDWARD WARKCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 24
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.