STEVEN DUANE PAXSON

Company B 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 05/22/1969

Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Sep 21, 1948
From: TOPEKA, KS
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single

SGT - E5 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B40 Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Nov 26, 1968
Casualty was on May 22, 1969
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered

Panel 24W - Line 78

Steven Paxson was killed by a short mortar round while fire was being adjusted
to mark Defensive targets at grid reference YB943050, just outside LZ Jood,
approximately 22 kilometers south/southeast of Ben Het village.

SGT Steven D. Paxson's decorations

Steven is also eligible to receive the
Vietnam War Medallion from the State of Kansas

Grave marker for Steven Paxson

Top photo of Steve Paxson as a Senior at Shawnee Heights High School in 1966. It is located just outside of Topeka Kansas.

Courtesy of Bill Gaughan of The Rural KC Team

For a tribute to Steven D. Paxson click on the following link:

Together We Served

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