Seymour, Leo Earl
Army Sergeant 1st Class
Leo Earl Seymour from Towanda, Pennsylvania, Bradford county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: July 3, 1967
Death details: On July 3, 1967, a joint U.S. Army and South Vietnamese team performed a reconnaissance patrol in in Attapu Province, Laos. While on a break, the patrol spotted enemy force movement, upon which the team lead directed an air strike. Following the air strike, the patrol set up an ambush. While preparing the ambush near (GC) 48P YB 575 326, the patrol was attacked by enemy forces. The team split into many elements, and when they regrouped, the team leader was found to be missing.
Staff Sergeant Leo Earl Seymour, who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, was a member of Detachment C, 5th Special Forces Group, and was the leader of the patrol. He went missing following the fighting on July 3, and his remains have not been located or identified.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
