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ROBERT JOHANN SEUFERT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1939 – December 6, 1970
Service recordRobert Johann Seufert, of Central Islip, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 110
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Central Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 110
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · December 6, 1970
- BERNARD HODGESCaptain · December 6, 1970
- WALTER VERNON MARCUMStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1970
- ROY EDWARD SHAW JRCaptain · December 6, 1970
From Central Islip
- THOMAS FRANCIS DREWSergeant · May 29, 1967
- RONALD T STOKESSergeant · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL G DONOVAN IIISpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- PAUL CHARLES RUDYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- FRANK W BOSSONGPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAMSONCorporal · March 30, 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.
