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RICHARD JACOB SIGWORTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – June 1, 1969
Service recordRichard Jacob Sigworth, of Maumee, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Maumee, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 40
- JAMES MARTIN STOTTSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL TROTTERFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1969
- ALBERT B WASHINGTON JRCorporal · June 1, 1969
- BLAIR CECIL WILKEYPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM GETZPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 36
- MICHAEL DENNIS GOELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 36
- DAVID LEE MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 38
From Maumee
- RICHARD WAYNE FELTCorporal · July 3, 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.