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DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTH
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
June 28, 1941 – June 17, 1966
Service recordDonald Edwin Siegwarth, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 17, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AIRTRANSRON 7 MFTFLD CA
- Born
- June 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “AIRTRANSRON 7 MFTFLD CA”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 58
- MARCELINO SANTOS-VEGASergeant First Class · June 17, 1966
- M J SAVOYAirman · June 17, 1966
- JOSE SCOTTY SIMBOLAPrivate · June 17, 1966
- CLEMENT OLIN STEVENSON JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · Panel 8E, Line 55
- CURTIS DAVID COLLETTEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 55
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 56
- STANLEY JON FRENGPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 56
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 8E, Line 57
- M J SAVOYAirman · Panel 8E, Line 58
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
- SIM HENRY RIGGINS JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.