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JAMES SEIDENSTICKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1947 – January 31, 1968
Service recordJames Seidensticker, of Brentwood, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 716 MP BN USARV
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Brentwood, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 716 MP BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 36E, Line 35
- MARK MACDONALD SERREMFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- BRUCE DAVID SHARPPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES J SHERRILLSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CAREY C ANTHONYSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 85
- DOUGLAS WILLIAM DOODYSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 6
- RICHARD ALAN GILLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 10
- MICHAEL A GRIEVESergeant · Panel 36E, Line 11
- THOMAS CHARLES HILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 14
- IVAN D HOMSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 15
- NESTOR OJEDACorporal · Panel 36E, Line 29
- TERRY LEE RIEGELPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 32
- RANDALL KARL SCHUTTCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JOHN THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 36
From Brentwood
- RICHARD P LANCASTER JRPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- WILLIAM WELLSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD LYNN LABARRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- PETER COLICCHIOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- NICHOLAS HEFER FRITZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- GARY ARNALDO GUASPSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
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.