SEDEY JOHN M

CW4 John "Jack" M Sedey was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 01/19/1987 at the age of 38.1 from Lymphoma
Tigard, OR
Flight Class 69-9
Date of Birth 12/17/1948
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 114 AHC in 69-70
Call sign in Vietnam RED KNIGHT
This information was provided by Carroll Summers (mother), John F. Sedey (father)

More detail on this person: John M. Sedey, CW2 died on 19, Jan. 1987 (not 01/07/87) from complicatons of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, not bone cancer as previously listed. He had undergone a bone marrow transplant in October 1986 in Seattle. It didn't work and the cancer came back. He was sent home to Bend, Oregon where he developed pneumonia in January 1987 and died on the 19th.

He enlisted in the Oregon National Guard on discharge from the US Army. Was a helicopter pilot then flew fixed wing. At his death he was short two months of

retirement as a CW4. He was a Senior Trooper with the Oregon State Police and one of their pilots.

From: Carroll Summers (mother)

This information was last updated 05/18/2016

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024