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JOHN STUART SEELEY
Captain · U.S. Army
April 10, 1932 – June 27, 1966
Service recordJohn Stuart Seeley, of Stockton, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 178 ASHC 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 10, 1932
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 101
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- EDWARD KENNETH PARESAPlatoon Sergeant · June 27, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- GALEN DEAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.