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ROBERT WAYNE SEATON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1945 – February 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Seaton, of Kevil, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 30
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Kevil, Kentucky (Ballard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 30
- DONALD PETER ROEMERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- GRADY SCOTTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT SEIBERTSergeant · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 20
- THOMAS EDWARD LILLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 24
- GRADY SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 30
- WILTON JAMES SULLINGER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 32
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.