WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYKORA
Company A 1/22 Infantry
4th Infantry Division
KIA 04/27/1968
Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Mar 21, 1948
From: OWATONNA, MN
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single
SGT - E5 - Army - Regular
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Sergeant
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Aug 17, 1967
Casualty was on Apr 27, 1968
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
Panel 52E - Line 32
William Seykora was killed while
on Operation MacArthur/Binh Tay, at Chu Moor Mountain,
approximately 25 kilometers west of Polei Krong, in Kontum
Province.
SGT William J. Seykora's decorations
William J. Seykora
Photo by Bill's sister Ramona Ptacek from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall Of Faces webpages
Shadow box for Bill Seykora kept by his family
Photo by Bill's sister Ramona Ptacek from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall Of Faces webpages
Burial:
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Litomysl
Steele County
Minnesota, USA
Grave marker for William Seykora
Photo by Mike Linnihan
Grave monument for William Seykora
Photo by Mike Linnihan
To view photos of William Seykora in Vietnam click on the following link:
Top photo and press release from the Together We Served wepage
Thanks to Robert D. Martin who served with Bill
Seykora in 1/22 Infantry
for his assistance in preparing and presenting this page
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