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DOUGLAS REX SEAVEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1948 – November 22, 1968
Service recordDouglas Rex Seavey, of Highland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 39
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
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 864 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Highland, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 39
- GALON GENE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- RICHARD C SWIFTMajor · November 22, 1968
- ADOLPH WILLIAM TAJCHMANSpecialist Five · November 22, 1968
From Highland
- ROBERT ALEXANDER CAIRNSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- DANIEL DAVID YARNELLCorporal · November 12, 1966
- GARY MICHAEL BARNARDLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JAMES ALEXANDER NICHOLSONSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY RODDICKPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- EDWARD THOMSON DAVIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 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.