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WILLIE PURFOY SEAMSTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1949 – June 15, 1968
Service recordWillie Purfoy Seamster, of Minden, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 31
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Minden, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 31
- WILLIAM GRAY ROSSSecond Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- GARY CARL SEYMOURPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL SMITHLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN WILLSLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
From Minden
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- JAMES RONALD GARCIASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- GEORGE ALLEN BRANCHLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLOYDLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- ALLEN ROSS CULPEPPERCaptain · May 18, 1969
- PAUL DOUGLAS DUKESCorporal · August 31, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
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.