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WILLIE LEE STEELE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1950 – June 8, 1970
Service recordWillie Lee Steele, of Louisville, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Louisville, Mississippi (Winston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 30
- JAMES GILESSergeant · June 8, 1970
- WINFRED LEE SMITHSergeant · June 8, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS THORNTONSergeant · June 8, 1970
- GEORGE LESLIE TUCKER JRCorporal · June 8, 1970
From Louisville
- SAMUEL L HUNTWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1967
- LARRY LAMONT CUNNINGHAMStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM HUDSONCaptain · March 17, 1969
- HARRY CHARLES GREERCorporal · April 23, 1970
- JERRY DOYLE WALKERSpecialist Five · December 3, 1970
- JOHN HENRY HAREPrivate First Class · November 28, 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.