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WALTER FREDERICK STEFFENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1946 – September 13, 1967
Service recordWalter Frederick Steffens, of Arcadia, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Arcadia, Michigan (Manistee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 67
- MICHAEL DAVID MINERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- SIDNEY MCARTHUR RASNICKPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- HAROLD ERICH REIDStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1967
- BILLY RAY SALYERLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MACK ARTHUR ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 64
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 65
- DENNIS RAY HODGESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 65
- KENNETH CARL RAKENTINEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 66
- MICHAEL DAVID MINERPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 67
- SIDNEY MCARTHUR RASNICKPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 67
- PAUL ROBERT MACK STRANGECorporal · Panel 26E, Line 68
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 68
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.