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JOHN JOSEPH SEERY
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
June 14, 1944 – February 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Seery, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 19, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 61
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- June 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 61
- WILLIAM OSHEA IILance Corporal · February 19, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE POESpecialist Four · February 19, 1969
- DAVID ALAN SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- RICHARD LEE WAYCASTERSergeant · February 19, 1969
From Cuyahoga Falls
- HOWARD LEROY BARDENCaptain · January 31, 1967
- OWEN RAY EMERYFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · June 11, 1968
- PAUL ERIC LEESCorporal · February 5, 1970
- CLAYTON DONALD WHITCHERSergeant · April 7, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPELPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1970
- RONALD FREDERICK YALEFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1971
- EDWARD MEARL BALLSpecialist Five · April 25, 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.