Run for the Fallen

Each day, we will randomly highlight one service member’s life, and include links and stories. We choose to never forget, and this is our way, before the run, to remember our fallen service members.

When Timothy J. Seamans went to his father to tell him he wanted to enlist, the elder Seamans had to be sure. “I said to him, ‘You do this freely, without reservation _ do you understand that?’” recalled David Seamans. “He held my hand; he said, ‘Yes, I do.’” Tim Seamans, 20, of Jacksonville, Fla., was killed Aug. 18 by a roadside bomb in Samarra. He was based at Fort Stewart. “He was my best friend,” said his sister, Ashley Seamans. “I can’t believe he’s gone.” Seamans joined the Army right after graduating high school last year. He knew he wanted to serve his country _ like his father, a Navy veteran. “I gave to my country and at the same time so did my son,” he said. “But he gave more, and if I could trade places with him I would. No parent should have to bury their child.” When the elder Seamans returns to work in the elections office, he said he will redouble his efforts to encourage people to vote. Now it will be as a tribute to his son. “We have a common bond, we’re veterans, and to share that, that is an awesome thing,” he said. Seamans also is survived by his mother, Monica.

Information for this story was acquired from In Remembrance.

We will run for Timothy on July 15, 2008 outside Gage, Oklahoma.

Additional links where you may learn more about Timothy.
Faces of the Fallen
Soldier’s Final Journey: 1.29.06 (Tim Seamans)