Vietnam War
Unit | Fighter Squadron 114 |
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Rank | Lieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy |
Entered Service From | Piedmont California |
Date of Death | May 8 1967 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Lieutenant Junior Grade Steimer, U.S. Naval Reserve, was a member of Fighter Squadron 114, Carrier Air Wing 11 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63). On May 8, 1967, he was a crew member of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4B) over the South China Sea when his aircraft crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.