ROBERT WALTER THORNE
BORN---SATURDAY APRIL 1ST 1950
KILLED IN ACTION---MARCH 12TH 1971
20 YEARS YOUNG
DRIVER OF THE GUN TRUCKS--SATAN'S LIL ANGEL AND PROUD AMERICAN
ANOTHER BROTHER RESTS IN PEACE
THE WALL----PANEL--04W--ROW--042
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Sergeant William W. Seay
62nd Trans Co, 7th Trans Battalion,
48th Trans co
Sergeant Seay was killed in action 25 Aug 1968 while serving as a driver on a resupply mission from Long Binh to Tay Ninh.
Carrying critically needed ammunition and supplies, the convoy was ambushed by intense enemy fire. Sergeant Seay moved behind the wheel of an ammunition truck and opened fire, killing two of the enemy, and then turned to kill a sniper. An enemy grenade was thrown under an ammunition trailer near him; he retrieved it and threw it back, killing four more. Wounded in the wrist, he took cover in a ditch. As he stood, firing with his left hand, he killed three enemy soldiers, but was mortally wounded by a sniper's bullet.
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action, Sergeant Seay was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
