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GEORGE WOLFGANG SEVIGNY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1951 – March 16, 1972
Service recordGeorge Wolfgang Sevigny, of Woodbridge, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Woodbridge, Virginia (Prince William County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1972; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 115
- RICHARD ANTHONY CROCKERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
- DONEL JOE DOBBSFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1972
- HOWARD ELMER DRAINPrivate First Class · March 17, 1972
- TURNER COLEMAN JOHNSONSergeant First Class · March 17, 1972
From Woodbridge
- RUSSELL LEONARD CASTLEPlatoon Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN HOWEWarrant Officer 1 · October 6, 1968
- DAVID NED MOORECorporal · December 8, 1968
- HUGH BRADLEY BLEVINS JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY HAMILTONSergeant First Class · May 16, 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.