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WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1937 – March 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Henry Seward, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 165 MAG 26 1 MAW FMF
- Born
- April 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 34
- GREGORY RANDALL SHAMBAUGHCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JOHN B SHANKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- ARTHUR DAVID SHELTONPlatoon Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 1968
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.