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BOBBY TRUMAN SIEGLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 2, 1950 – March 19, 1970
Service recordBobby Truman Siegler, of Gideon, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 23
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Gideon, Missouri (New Madrid County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 23
- BENNY DAVID SLOATPrivate First Class · March 19, 1970
- ATILANO URIEGAS TOVARSergeant · March 19, 1970
- GEORGE WARREN WARDLieutenant Colonel · March 19, 1970
- JESSE LEONARD WESTStaff Sergeant · March 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 21
- PHILLIP WAYNE MEADORPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 22
From Gideon
- ROBERT ANDREW STREETSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- MATTHEW THEODORE ORTONCorporal · February 26, 1967
- DONNIE LEE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · November 18, 1970
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.