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RUSSELL JAY SISLEY
Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 30, 1927 – June 16, 1966
Service recordRussell Jay Sisley, of Carter Lake, Iowa, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 16, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 54
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 30, 1927
- Home of record
- Carter Lake, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 54
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- NORMAN SPENCERPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JERRALD RICH THOMPSONCorporal · June 16, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 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.