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WILLIAM HOWARD STEPP
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 29, 1943 – May 30, 1970
Service recordWilliam Howard Stepp, of Inez, Kentucky, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 122
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Inez, Kentucky (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 122
- PATRICK ELSWOOD MCDANIELSergeant · May 30, 1970
- HARRY DAVIS PICKARDSergeant · May 30, 1970
- DAVID FRANK SANTA-CRUZCorporal · May 30, 1970
- RICHARD GEORGE WEID JRSergeant · May 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN JOHN DEVANEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 120
From Inez
- JACOB ANDREW HORNPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD STEWARTSpecialist Four · March 26, 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.