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WALTER S SEDDIG
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 26, 1943 – June 3, 1969
Service recordWalter S Seddig, of New York, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 59
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
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 26, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 59
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
- JAMES HOWELL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND TAYLORCorporal · June 3, 1969
- HARRY NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS FLOYD BIBERDORFCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 50
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- GAYLORD GERALD KERRStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 55
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCPARLANEPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 56
- ALLEN HARVEY ROBERTSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 57
- CHARLES VALEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 60
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 60
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.