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STEVEN CARL SEEMAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 14, 1950 – May 12, 1970
Service recordSteven Carl Seeman, of New Ulm, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 29
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
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1950
- Home of record
- New Ulm, Minnesota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 29
- MICHAEL PAUL SEGICHLance Corporal · May 12, 1970
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · May 12, 1970
- JAMES GAYLORD SHRADERSpecialist Five · May 12, 1970
- THOMAS ALLEN STEPHENSCorporal · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ANDREW GALLIONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 24
- RONALD JAMES MILNESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 26
From New Ulm
- ALLAN ROY HOFFMANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- HENRY CLARENCE POLZINCorporal · July 31, 1969
- TIMOTHY EMMETT SULLIVANSergeant · April 18, 1970
- RICKEY ALLAN SLANDERAirman First Class · February 23, 1971
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.