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SIDNEY GEORGE KREISHER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1947 – April 4, 1967
Service recordSidney George Kreisher, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 99
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Lewistown, Pennsylvania (Mifflin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 99
- CHARLEY CHESTER KIBELPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- JAMES KAHILILAUIN LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1967
- DAVID EARL MARTINEnsign · April 4, 1967
From Lewistown
- HAROLD ELMER BURKETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- RUSSELL EDWARD KEPHARTSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RONALD RAY WALLSStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HACKETTStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGECaptain · August 29, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY ROYERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1971
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.