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WILLIAM ARTHUR SEELEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1950 – September 1, 1970
Service recordWilliam Arthur Seeley, of Stratford, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Construction Equipment Operator (62J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Stratford, New York (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 32
- DALE ALLEN PENNINGTONLance Corporal · September 1, 1970
- LARRY SCHOONMAKERSpecialist Four · September 1, 1970
- RUSSELL CRAIG SCULLYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1970
- BRUCE WILLIAM WRIGHTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1970
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.