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MARK SIEDENTOPF
Seaman · U.S. Navy
April 16, 1949 – February 6, 1969
Service recordMark Siedentopf, of Fremont, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 6, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 74
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13
- Born
- April 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 74
- WILLIAM MILAM HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · February 6, 1969
- TROY NELSON SITTONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN STANLEYChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 6, 1969
- CHARLES LEE SUTHARD JRSergeant · February 6, 1969
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 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.