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STEVEN LEE SEIGLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1950 – February 13, 1971
Service recordSteven Lee Seigler, of Plainview, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Plainview, Texas (Hale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 102
- KARLHEINZ S SEIBERLINGLance Corporal · February 13, 1971
- FREDERICK PHILLIP SMITHCaptain · February 13, 1971
- DONALD GUSTAV VOGETStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1971
- RICHARD DEAN COVERT JRSergeant · February 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK PHILLIP SMITHCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 102
From Plainview
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE LEE FRAZIERAirman · July 29, 1967
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH LEON BLACKMONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
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.