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MITCHELL FRANCIS SEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1947 – February 27, 1968
Service recordMitchell Francis Sek, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 54
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 41E, Line 54
- HAROLD MCGILL RENWICK JRCaptain · February 27, 1968
- WILLIAM WAKEFIELD ROUSHMajor · February 27, 1968
- RUFFIN J SATTERWHITE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE SINKSSeaman · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EDWARD ALESHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 47
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 49
- LOUIS HENRY MCFARLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 52
- WILLIAM WAKEFIELD ROUSHMajor · Panel 41E, Line 54
- THEODORE ARTHUR STAMPFLIPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 55
- CORNELIUS WILLIAM STRASSNERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 55
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.