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JOHN CHARLES SIGG
Captain · U.S. Army
February 19, 1938 – May 28, 1965
Service recordJohn Charles Sigg, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 19, 1938
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 127
- EDWARD ROGER PIPERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 28, 1965
- FOSTER F TRIGGSPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · Panel 1E, Line 125
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 127
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 127
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CARNEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 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.