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JOHN ROBERT SIEVERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1950 – July 6, 1970
Service recordJohn Robert Sievers, of Gunnison, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 125
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Gunnison, Colorado (Gunnison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 125
- RICHARD C WORTHINGTON JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
- FIDENCIO GARZA RIOS JRPrivate First Class · July 6, 1970
- ALBERT FLORES TRISTANSpecialist Four · July 6, 1970
- STEVE ALAN VESTALCorporal · July 6, 1970
From Gunnison
- THOMAS LOUIS BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · April 9, 1969
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.