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CHARLES EVERETT SEATON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1937 – December 2, 1968
Service recordCharles Everett Seaton, of Lamar, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Lamar, Missouri (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 25
- TERRY LEE SAVOTHLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- GEORGE HARRELL STAMPSSpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN STEINERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- DAVID OLIVER TIMSONCorporal · December 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE BLAKESLEESergeant · Panel 37W, Line 21
- JONATHAN BROWNCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 21
- JAMES ROY KNIGHTCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 22
- GEORGE HARRELL STAMPSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 25
- FRANCIS PATTON TRUANCESpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 26
From Lamar
- JAREL WAYNE AYERSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- GERRY WAYNE LAWSONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- CORDIS RAY WHITESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · June 11, 1970
- HOWARD WILSON LAYNE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 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.