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RICHARD CLAIR SEELY
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – January 2, 1969
Service recordRichard Clair Seely, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Berwick, Pennsylvania (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 22
- CHARLES EDWARD SELLNERWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- BOBBY GENE STEVENSONStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1969
- RICHARD HAUSE SWEGERSergeant First Class · January 2, 1969
- WILLEY EDGAR WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BASTIANSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 19
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.