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WILLIAM DOUGLAS SISLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – June 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Douglas Sisler, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 2
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 55W, Line 2
- JOHN VINCENT QUINTALSergeant · June 19, 1968
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- LUFKIN SCOTT SHARPCaptain · June 19, 1968
- BOBBY DWAYNE STANLEYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.