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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Johann Seufert.

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ROBERT JOHANN SEUFERT

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

July 7, 1939 – December 6, 1970

Service record

Robert 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

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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

From Central Islip

All 13 names from Central Islip →

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.