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STANLEY LAWTON SIETING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1945 – August 31, 1968
Service recordStanley Lawton Sieting, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 17
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILKESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- KEITH LESLIE WILSONSergeant · August 31, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.