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MICHAEL JAMES SIGSBEE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1947 – October 18, 1967
Service recordMichael James Sigsbee, of Elkhart, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 38
- ROBERT EDWARD PITTMANSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE PETERSENCorporal · October 18, 1967
- ALLEN JAYSON ROYLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
From Elkhart
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES NORBERT GALEYTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE AUSTIN DECKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TYSONLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 21, 1968
- EVANGELOS K CARANASIOSLance Corporal · November 29, 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.