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CLYDE SEILER
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 24, 1931 – March 27, 1969
Service recordClyde Seiler, of Aurora, Colorado, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 27, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 64
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 24, 1931
- Home of record
- Aurora, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 64
- ANTHONY JOHN URRUTIAFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1969
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- JOHN BUSSEY WALLERSpecialist Five · March 27, 1969
- BOBBY JOE WALTERSSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
From Aurora
- JAMES DANIEL HAKES JRLance Corporal · May 15, 1966
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LEMONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID BARBERAirman · March 17, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISONSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
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.