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WILBUR JERRY SIEGRIST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1949 – January 9, 1969
Service recordWilbur Jerry Siegrist, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 62
- CRAIG JOHN LOFTUSSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SHAFERCaptain · January 9, 1969
- RALPH PAUL TERRYPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN BAUZA-PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 57
- REX WAYNE BLISARDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 58
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 58
- RONALD LARRY DAVIDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 59
- STANLEY STEPHEN GASTONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 59
- BRUCE BRADLEY HARTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 60
- WILLIAM MILLER RIDDLESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 61
- RALPH PAUL TERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.