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HOWARD ALLEN SEILHEIMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 19, 1944 – January 29, 1966
Service recordHoward Allen Seilheimer, of Brenham, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 114
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Brenham, Texas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 114
- ELMER J REIFSCHNEIDER JRSergeant First Class · January 29, 1966
- JOSE ALBERTO RIVERA-REYESSergeant · January 29, 1966
- SAMUEL ROSSStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BURDICK FIELLERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 108
- MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 111
- MELVIN JAMES STOCKDALESpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 115
- ROBERT EUGENE STPETERMajor · Panel 4E, Line 115
- ALLAN JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 117
From Brenham
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- BEN ODELL JOHNSONSergeant · August 21, 1970
- HOWARD MARSHALL STEINFELDFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1971
- LEONARD JAMES MATELSKIStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1972
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.