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WILLIAM FREDRICK STEIGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 10, 1925 – December 3, 1966
Service recordWilliam Fredrick Steiger, of Saugerties, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1925
- Home of record
- Saugerties, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1966
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 9
- LELAND RAY MORGANPrivate First Class · December 3, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD YASENOSKYStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL BEVICH JRAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- WALTER GRANT KNIGHTSpecialist Five · December 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 8
- LOWELL EUGENE HARMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 8
- LELAND RAY MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 9
From Saugerties
- THOMAS CLIFTON NEWKIRKPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- WAYNE CHESTER MYERSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- PAUL LEWISLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN WINTERSSergeant · April 22, 1969
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.