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WILLIAM FRY SIEGERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 7, 1947 – September 17, 1966
Service recordWilliam Fry Siegert, of Duncanville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Duncanville, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 110
- EDWARD RAMOSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES REEDLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD ROCKYCaptain · September 17, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LAMAR BUNTINGCorporal · Panel 10E, Line 104
- LEONARD BURROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 104
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 105
- JAMES ALTON LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 108
- JOSEPH BINGHAM MACK JRMajor · Panel 10E, Line 108
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- ALAN JOSEPH OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- GEORGE B PEARSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- ATLAS JASPER MORENE SMAYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 111
From Duncanville
- RONALD LENEAR MCELROYPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- STAMATIOS G ALEXANDER JRSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1969
- STEPHEN WESTLEY BARNESPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- EDWIN GERALD CALHOUNSergeant · March 25, 1971
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.