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JOHN CHARLES SEEL
Captain · U.S. Army
July 1, 1944 – April 29, 1970
Service recordJohn Charles Seel, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 70
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Postal Officer (0030)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 70
- MIGUEL ANGEL HERNANDEZ-DIAZAirman First Class · November 22, 1969
- CLINT JOSEPH SIMSSergeant · April 29, 1970
- LORA WILLIAM SNYDERCorporal · April 29, 1970
- ROY HARRISON SNYDERSergeant · April 29, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN STIEVESergeant · April 29, 1970
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.