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JOSEPH ANDREW SEAMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – July 19, 1970
Service recordJoseph Andrew Seaman, of Framingham, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Framingham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 32
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MARTINEZSpecialist Four · July 19, 1970
- JUAN MANUEL REYNASpecialist Four · July 19, 1970
- JOHNNY MICHAEL RODGERSCorporal · July 19, 1970
- MICHAEL L THIBODEAUXSergeant · July 19, 1970
From Framingham
- ALLEN ROBERT LOANESecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- STANLEY JOSEPH YUREWICZSergeant · November 30, 1967
- DONALD DAVID CROWTHERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- BARRY LOWEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- KEVIN JOHN JOYCESpecialist · July 15, 1968
- CARL DANIEL WAKEFIELDCorporal · August 2, 1968
- GORDON A SKINNER IICaptain · August 16, 1968
- DAVID FREDERICK SLEEPERSergeant · August 26, 1968
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- PAUL MATTHEW CAHILLSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
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.