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JOHN FRANCIS SEVICK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1942 – February 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Sevick, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long 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 60
- LAWRENCE EUGENE HECKMANCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DORTY HINCHMAN SCOTT JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- JEREMIAH SCOTTGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- DARREL ANDRE SHELLIESpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L CONLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 47
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 48
- WILLIAM KEITH MARCINPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 55
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 56
- ALFREDO MEDINA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 56
- HARRY VAN ARNAM MOSHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 57
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · Panel 36E, Line 59
- DORTY HINCHMAN SCOTT JRSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 60
- LYNN HUDSON SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 61
- GLENN DEAN TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 61
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
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.