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THEODORE FRANK SIEGEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1949 – April 14, 1969
Service recordTheodore Frank Siegel, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 83
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 83
- MICHAEL GRANT PORTERSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- LLOYD DANIEL QUILLENSergeant · April 14, 1969
- THOMAS MONTGOMERY SMITHSergeant · April 14, 1969
- WILLIAM LYLE SPERBPetty Officer Second Class · April 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES NORBERT BLAVATSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 79
- JAMES WILLIAM MOORE JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 82
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.