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FRANCIS EUGENE SIEVERS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1942 – March 16, 1969
Service recordFrancis Eugene Sievers JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 56
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 56
- DAVID ROSCOE SMITHCaptain · March 16, 1969
- LARRY RAYMOND SWISHERSergeant · March 16, 1969
- SELVWYN RISHER TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · March 16, 1969
- TERRY LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT G DANIELMaster Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 52
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.