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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Richard J Seibert.

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RICHARD J SEIBERT

Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army

September 28, 1942 – January 10, 1968

Service record

Richard J Seibert, of Far Hills, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 34E · Line 15

Position of Panel 34E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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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)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
September 28, 1942
Home of record
Far Hills, New Jersey (Somerset County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 10, 1968
Age
25
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 34E, Line 15

Same unit, same day

From Far Hills

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.