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CHARLES BENJAMIN SEMINARA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1935 – August 10, 1969
Service recordCharles Benjamin Seminara, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 127
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- December 16, 1935
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 127
- JOHN STEVEN SERATTECorporal · August 10, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN SHERIDANPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- THOMAS DEAN SNYDERCorporal · August 10, 1969
- LARRY JAMES TALLEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 10, 1969
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.