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ROBERT H SIGHOLTZ JR
Captain · U.S. Army
December 19, 1945 – May 26, 1969
Service recordRobert H Sigholtz JR, of North Springfield, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1945
- Home of record
- North Springfield, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 113
- SCOTT EDWARD SAYLORSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
- JOHN MARVIN STENBERGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- JAMES TITMAS IIIPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- RALPH HEMAN CROWLEYSergeant · May 27, 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.