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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Milton J S Seu.

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MILTON J S SEU

Private First Class · U.S. Army

February 5, 1947 – June 4, 1966

Service record

Milton J S Seu, of Alameda, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 8E · Line 8

Position of Panel 8E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
February 5, 1947
Home of record
Alameda, California (Alameda County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 4, 1966
Age
19
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 8E, Line 8

Same unit, same day

From Alameda

All 25 names from Alameda →

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.