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Richard James Seguin NO. 16492 CLASS OF 1948 KILLED IN ACTION, MAY 23, 1951, IN KOREA AGED 24 YEARS RICHARD JAMES SEGUIN, the youngest of three sons, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seguin, on his oldest brother's birthday, July 7, 1926 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. His father's business interests necessitated frequent moves in the midwestern area during Dick's younger years; in 1932 to Des Moines, Iowa, back to Stevens Point fourteen months later, and in the following years to Minneapolis, Minnesota. However, in 1939 the family settled in Dulutfi, Minnesota. In the fall of that year Dick entered Central High School and immediately became an active member in scouting, student and civic activities. During his four years in high school he was a member of the swimming team, Hi-Y, chess club, rifle club, student council, wrestling team, drama club, cross country team, senior class play and the National Honor Society. He was twice selected as a Junior Rotarian of the Duluth Rotary Club. His scouting activities were many and varied, including his attaining Eagle Scout in the shortest possible time. Upon graduation from high school in June 1943 Dick participated in and successfully passed Congressman William A. Pittenger's competitive examination for appointment to the U. S. Military Academy. That fall he entered the Duluth Junior College in preparation for West Point and was outstanding scholastically during his year there. While at the Point Dick was active in the glee club, camera club, chapel choir, ring committee, press representative, a Rhodes Scholar Candidate, and a Cadet Lieutenant. In addition, he spent many an hour helping the less fortunate with their academic difficulties. Graduating in June 1948 in the top seven per cent of his class Dick was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force and ordered to San Antonio, Texas. In September of that year he and Dorothy Pittenger, his Congressman's daughter, were married in Duluth, Minnesota. After a week's honeymoon Dorothy returned to George Washington University, where she was a senior majoring in psychology, while Dick reported back to San Antonio. His wife joined him after her graduation in June 1949. Dick earned his wings in September of that year in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was ordered to a jet squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A daughter, Winne Elizabeth, was born to them on March 12, 1950. In April 1951 Dick was ordered to Korea. He was shot down by enemy ground fire on May 23rd while flying an armed reconnaissance flight in his P-51. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, Kathryn Ann being born September 6, 1951, four months after his crash. They now make their home in Albuquerque. His mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seguin, and one brother, Lieutenant Commander R. E. Seguin, USN, Retired (Annapolis 1942) reside in Duluth, and his oldest brother Charles Wayne Seguin, lives in Modesto, California. — His father, Frank Seguin

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