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Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970.
Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daniel Leonard Seekford.

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DANIEL LEONARD SEEKFORD

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

June 5, 1949 – November 11, 1969

Service record

Daniel Leonard Seekford, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16W · Line 60

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
173 AIRBORNE BDE
Born
June 5, 1949
Home of record
Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 11, 1969
Age
20
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 16W, Line 60

Same unit, same day

From Baltimore

All 419 names from Baltimore →

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.