PFC Donald George Seeley

courtesy of Barent Parslow

PFC Donald George Seeley was born 14 Sep 1923 in Conneautville, Pennsylvania. He was the eldest of the 2 sons of George William and Elsie K. (Reitze) Seeley. The family had been in Crawford county, Pennsylvania for quite a while. Don's father was a clerk and later a manager in a grocery. He was successful enough that he bought a house on Center Street in Conneautville valued at $4000 in 1940. Donald graduated from Conneautville High School in 1941 where he was the basketball team manager. He then attended Pennsylvania State College completing a course in dairy manufacture.

Don was drafted in May 1943. He was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi where he was trained on light machineguns. He was sent to England on 1 Jun 1944 and about a month later was sent to France. PFC Seeley was transferred from the replacement depot to G Company 116th Infantry on 23 Jul 1944. He was killed in action on 30 Jul 1944.

PFC Seeley is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery.

Don's younger brother, Paul Ellsworth Seeley, served as a SGT in the U.S. Marine Corps in the South Pacific where he maintained aircraft radios. Don's father served as a CPL in the U.S. Army during the first World War.