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Steven Andre Broquist
We Remember
Steven is buried at Camp Butler Nat Cem.
Springield, IL
POSTED ON 11.21.1999
Steven Broquist, a 1966 UI graduate, was killed in
action Sunday in South Vietnam. Broquist, a
Marine lieutenant, died of gunshot wounds in the
chest he received in battle.
In his senior year, Broquist was battalion
commander in the Naval ROTC. He also received
the award of being the most outstanding ROTC
man with a Marine option. One of the men who
worked with Broquist in the NROTC program,
Major Joseph Paratore, said "Steve was one of the
most outstanding young men I have worked with."
Broquist volunteered for action in Vietnam.
Although we never really discussed it, I think it
was more or less understood that he had no
qualms about going, said Paratore. "He did it out
of duty; he knew what we were ighting for and he
wasn't going to let anyone else do his part."
Broquist was president of his fraternity, Beta
Sigma Psi, for one semester during his senior year.
"He was the kind of guy who is just in everything, a
true fraternity man," said Ardell Nease, the
present president of Beta Sigma Psi. "He was
always there to give you help and encouragement
when you needed it. The guys in the house were
inspired by his example." Besides being active in
house athletics, Broquist was also on the
University cross country track team. The Broquist
family lives at 1112 Lincolnshire Drive,
Champaign. Harry Broquist, Steven s father, is
professor of biological chemistry at the University.
Family Members
POSTED BY: Jim Cathcart
My Memories of Steve
I could not leave this site knowing that there were
no remembrances posted for Steve. Steve and I
were in the same basic school platoon "C"
company 2/67. He was a outgoing, good looking
young man with a lair for leadership and was
someone we ranked very highly in our peer
evaluations. He was the student patrol leader for
the inal training patrol at TBS ‐ known as the
"black patrol" for the length, arduousness, and
dificulty. Under Steve's leadership we were
successfully through with the problem early int he
evening and back at the BOQ drinking beer as we
heard the sound of ireights in the distance as our
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