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EARL FRANCIS SEABLOM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1950 – July 18, 1968
Service recordEarl Francis Seablom, of Ishpeming, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tubine Engine Drive/Generator Repairer (52F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 34 ENG BN 79 ENG GP 20
- Born
- April 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Ishpeming, Michigan (Marquette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 51W, Line 8
- THOMAS MICHAEL ROYBAL JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- GARY BERNERD SANFORDSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SCOFIELDCorporal · July 18, 1968
- ALLEN CURTIS SHELINESergeant · July 18, 1968
From Ishpeming
- ROBERT ELISH POLKINGHORNEPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- PETER EDWARD ULRICKSONCorporal · July 9, 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.