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RICHARD NOYCE SEGLEM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1950 – September 24, 1970
Service recordRichard Noyce Seglem, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 88
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 88
- THOMAS HENRY ZAREMBASpecialist Five · September 24, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID BOTHWELLCorporal · September 25, 1970
- ALFRED LEE BRADLEYSergeant · September 25, 1970
- BERTRAM WOOD JRAirman First Class · September 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE HINESPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 87
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.