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DONALD BERNARD SIEKIERKA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1931 – February 10, 1968
Service recordDonald Bernard Siekierka, of Peru, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 72
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1931
- Home of record
- Peru, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương 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 Bình Dương 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 38E, Line 72
- ARTHUR HINESPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- VICTOR P SHERMAN JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- EDWARD HAROLD STUARTPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- THEODORE JAMES STURTEVANTSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SIDNEY LAMAR LEONARDCaptain · Panel 38E, Line 64
- GEORGE STANLEY SUTTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 73
From Peru
- JOSEPH ROBERT AJSTERCorporal · October 5, 1968
- DENNIS CARL MILLERSergeant · June 13, 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.