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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Francis Eugene Sievers JR.

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FRANCIS EUGENE SIEVERS JR

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

April 20, 1942 – March 16, 1969

Service record

Francis 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

Position of Panel 29W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

Also on Panel 29W, Line 56

Same unit, same day

From Philadelphia

All 622 names from Philadelphia →

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.