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DONALD PAUL SEBURG JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1949 – May 30, 1969
Service recordDonald Paul Seburg JR, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 23
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 23
- GORDON DEAN PERRYPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- CRAIG MICHAEL SIMEONEPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WATTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
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.