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MICHAEL J SEADORF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 6, 1947 – October 31, 1967
Service recordMichael J Seadorf, of Wyoming, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 105
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 105
- STEPHEN EARL PARKSPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- RILEY LEROY PITTSCaptain · October 31, 1967
- FLOYD IRWIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VAN NESS MULLERSpecialist Five · Panel 28E, Line 104
- FLOYD IRWIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 105
From Wyoming
- ROBIN LEE CHILVEREPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WESSELSAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- FREDERICK LYLE KRUGERLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT PECKHAMLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE CAMERON PALMERWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN BODELLWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1969
- RONALD J VANDENBERGSergeant · March 3, 1969
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.