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CHRISTOPHER RICHARD SEITZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 21, 1951 – February 13, 1972
Service recordChristopher Richard Seitz, of Satellite Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 106
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Satellite Beach, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 106
- JAMES WESLEY KIEHNESergeant · February 13, 1972
- ROBERT MURRAY LAIRDSergeant · February 13, 1972
- LUTHER MCKIND LASATER IIICaptain · February 13, 1972
- JESSE WILLARD MONTAGUE JRStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1972
From Satellite Beach
- KENNETH KEITH EPLEYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- WILLIAM SMITHCorporal · February 5, 1970
- JOHN CARL VAUGHNCaptain · June 9, 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.