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OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 13, 1946 – May 18, 1967
Service recordOtto Andreae Seamans JR, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 35
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 35
- JAMES WALTER ROBBINSSergeant Major · May 18, 1967
- JOHN J ROBERTSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ALFRED WILLIAM ROBINSONSergeant · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL RAYMOND HALLBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 28
- HUGH LARRY HURSTONSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 29
- JEARL EDWARD RIMMERSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 33
- JOHN J ROBERTSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20E, Line 35
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
- HERMAN C BROEGELER IIILance Corporal · August 1, 1967
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.