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ALFONSO DONATO SIERCHIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1944 – April 19, 1967
Service recordAlfonso Donato Sierchio, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 51
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 51
- JOSEPH JOHN SYGNATURPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- GARY LEROY WESSELMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1967
- LE ROY YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM BARNES JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARRY LEE ECCARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 48
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.