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WALTER JAMES SEIDEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – November 1, 1968
Service recordWalter James Seidel, of Merced, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 4
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
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 4
- CARY FRANK RUNDLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- REINHARD J SCHNURRER JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- ROGER EUGENE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- THOMAS HERBERT SMITHPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
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.