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WILLIAM LEONARD SEASTROM
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 24, 1938 – December 17, 1966
Service recordWilliam Leonard Seastrom, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 174 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP AMER DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “174 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 56
- GEORGE WILLIAM STINSON JRPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- STEPHEN JOSEPH SZIJJARTOSergeant · December 17, 1966
- RAYMOND DELANO TORREY JRPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AARON L BRAMCaptain · Panel 13E, Line 49
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.