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WILLIAM HERMAN SEABORN JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – January 22, 1971
Service recordWilliam Herman Seaborn JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 61
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1971; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 61
- HUGH DANIEL OPPERMANSergeant · January 22, 1971
- GREGORY LEE PEFFERSergeant · January 22, 1971
- MICHAEL HARRIS PETTYSergeant · January 22, 1971
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHOSSOWSergeant · January 22, 1971
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.