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STEPHEN ERIC SEIFERTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – April 16, 1968
Service recordStephen Eric Seiferth, of East Liverpool, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- East Liverpool, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; 50 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 21
- MARVIN GENE RUSHPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND SCHAAFPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- HUGH ERNEST SCHAVELINLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- LOUIS CHRIS SCHLOTEPetty Officer First Class · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD CONRAD BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 11
- GARY PAUL MERINGAPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 18
- SAMMY RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 22
- NORMAN WESLEY TARPLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 23
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 23
From East Liverpool
- JOSEPH JAMES COMPA JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ROACHHospitalman · June 20, 1966
- TERRY LEE BARCUSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD PIGOTTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- DALLAS REESE PRIDEMORESergeant First Class · September 8, 1968
- SAMUEL CHRISTIAN HALLPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- DANA EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 24, 1970
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
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.