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Personal info

Full name
SEAMAN, Richard Augustus
Date of birth
19 October 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-377305
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 9 11

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin W. Seaman (father)
Alice M. (Fox) Seaman (mother)
Germaine R. (Tripp) Seaman (wife)
Richard C. Seaman (son)
Beverly A. Seaman (daughter)
Donald E. Seaman (son)

More information

Capt Richard A. Seaman graduated from Lafayette High School in 1933 and the Simmons School of Embalming in Syracuse where he was eventually employed as an instructor.

He joined the National Guard in Buffalo, New York on 21 January 1931.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Seaman Family Tree / New York National Guard Service Cards, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - fxdwg