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WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYKORA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – April 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Seykora, of Owatonna, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 32
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Owatonna, Minnesota (Steele County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 32
- WAYNE EDWARD SEXTONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- ROGER DAVID ZEIGLERCorporal · April 27, 1968
- RICHARD STEVEN BANKSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOLLIS WINFIELD BUCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 28
- JAMES ROBERT CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 28
- GARY NEAL HALLSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 30
- HOWARD HUGH HOMINICKCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 30
- WILLIAM JURSZA JRSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 30
- ROGER DAVID ZEIGLERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 32
From Owatonna
- WALTER OTHO TRAMELStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT KELMPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- SYDNEY WILLIAM KLEMMERSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS SCHROMPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
- LEE HAMILTON HARRASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- JOHN GEORGE WIDENSergeant · May 6, 1970
- CURTIS EDWARD RINGHOFERSergeant · May 13, 1970
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.