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SEAFORD NATHANIEL HEMMINGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1944 – December 11, 1965
Service recordSeaford Nathaniel Hemmings, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 15, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 12
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- GORDON JOSEPH LIPPMANLieutenant Colonel · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.