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SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1946 – March 12, 1969
Service recordSigmond Michael Sikorski, of Ozone Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 24
- PAUL EDWARD IRVINPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- HENRY CLYDE SANDERSLance Corporal · March 12, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE SHAFFERCorporal · March 12, 1969
- EARL SPENCER SNYDERCorporal · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 17
- JACKIE LAWRENCE CROSBYCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 18
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 18
- GERALD LEROY THARPPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 25
From Ozone Park
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHERStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1967
- GASPER ORLANDOPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · November 28, 1968
- JULIUS PHILIP PIGNATAROPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROSS ANGELO TROVATOSpecialist Four · June 27, 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.