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CRAIG LEE SEIDEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordCraig Lee Seidel, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 13
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 13
- JAMES ROSS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- EMORY MOREL SMITHStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1968
- JOE ANTHONY SNITKOPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- PORFIRIO SAM SOLANOStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY GENE EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 8
- NORMAN ELLIOTT LODHOLMPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 8
- EDMOND JUNIOR GREERCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 9
- JAMES LEWIS JENNINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 10
- KENNETH OSCAR PALMERSergeant First Class · Panel 57W, Line 12
- MILO HERSEY STRATTONSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 14
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.