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ADRIAN EDWARD SIGLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1937 – February 19, 1968
Service recordAdrian Edward Sigler, of Ft Meade, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1937
- Home of record
- Ft Meade, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 31
- RICHARD ALLAN SHARPEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
- BOBBIE EARL SIKESSergeant · February 19, 1968
- JERRY DONALD SISCO JRPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BOONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 17
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 19
- JAMES LEE FELTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 20
- BERNARD EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 32
- KEVIN EDWARD VERPAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 35
From Ft Meade
- ALFRED GEORGE SAPP SRColonel · September 16, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES WATKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 8, 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.