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WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRIST
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1930 – December 30, 1964
Service recordWilliam Leroy Siegrist, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 8, 1930
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1964
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 80
- STEPHEN EDWARD MORGANWarrant Officer 1 · December 30, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- KURT CASEY MCDONALDColonel · December 31, 1964
Same unit, same day
- REINO ARNE PANULAStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 79
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT BRUCE KNUTSONPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.