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GERD FRANZ SEELIG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1941 – February 26, 1967
Service recordGerd Franz Seelig, of Beaverton, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 100
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1941
- Home of record
- Beaverton, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 100
- CLARENCE HOWARD RICKARDSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CESAR ERNESTO SANCHEZSergeant · February 26, 1967
- WAYNE KEITH SIPPEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE SMITHLance Corporal · February 26, 1967
From Beaverton
- RICHARD ALLEN JANIGIANCorporal · September 21, 1967
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1968
- TERRY LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
- JAMES ELMER MCWHORTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1969
- GARY GRANT LAMBWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1969
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · May 12, 1970
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · November 14, 1970
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 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.