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DOUGLAS MILTON SEELEY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 25, 1943 – March 17, 1971
Service recordDouglas Milton Seeley, of Marietta, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 17, 1971, in Laos, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 23 TAC AIR SPT SQ
- Born
- January 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Marietta, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 56
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1971
- RONALD OLIVER SCHARNBERGMajor · March 17, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID SCHLUTTERFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1971
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
From Marietta
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- DAVID CLIFTON SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- SCOTT RONDAL COPLINCorporal · April 21, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
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.