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DAVID DOUGLAS SIEGEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – September 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Douglas Siegel, of Cherokee, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 46
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Cherokee, Iowa (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 46
- JOSEPH MICHAEL TURKSpecialist Five · September 5, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE WHITEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- EUGENE WESLEY WICKERCorporal · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE BOTTSSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 40
- CARLTON TRAVIS GOREEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 40
- JOSEPH MICHAEL TURKSpecialist Five · Panel 45W, Line 46
From Cherokee
- RONALD LEROY MEANSSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
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.