The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Daniel Sease.

The Wall › Panel 26E › South Carolina › William Daniel Sease

WILLIAM DANIEL SEASE

Master Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 12, 1918 – September 8, 1967

Service record

William Daniel Sease, of Charleston Heights, South Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 26E · Line 38

Position of Panel 26E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Master Sergeant (MSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Food Service Supervisor (94Z)
Born
November 12, 1918
Home of record
Charleston Heights, South Carolina (Charleston County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 8, 1967
Age
48
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 26E, Line 38

From Charleston Heights

All 12 names from Charleston Heights →

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.