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ROBERT GLENN SEKVA
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Glenn Sekva, of Hayward, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 24
- HUMBERTO C E MELENDEZSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE MICHELSergeant · June 11, 1969
- RICHARD LEE MILLERSpecialist Five · June 11, 1969
- IVAN HALL MUNROCaptain · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PHILLIP DAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 19
- RICHARD MANFORD RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 26
- RAYMOND RICHARD SCHIFRINSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 27
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.