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WILLIAM MICHAEL SEBAST
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 25, 1946 – January 31, 1968
Service recordWilliam Michael Sebast, of Albany, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 527 MP CO 716 MP BN USARV
- Born
- January 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “527 MP CO 716 MP BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 33
- ARTHUR JAMES ROBERTS JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DAVID OWEN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RONNIE RAY ROUSHSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- CLIFTON DOUGLAS ROYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- PILAR RAFAEL A RUIZ-DELStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OWEN EDWARD MEBUSTSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 24
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
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.