Staff Sgt. Stephen A. Seale

25, US Army

August 6 marks the anniversary of the passing of Staff Sgt. Stephen A. Seale, US Army, 25, of Martinsburg WV.  We honor and remember him, his mother Roxanne Ruppenthal, his daughter, and his family. 

Stephen was born September 11th 1980  in Winchester, Virginia. He was a graduate of Martinsburg High School, Class of 1999 where he was a member of the football team. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Army in September of 1999.

SSG Seale was assigned to 2nd Brigade Troop Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. He was killed Aug. 6, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee while conducting combat operations in Baghdad as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Below are just 2 of the many comments on his memorial page from fellow soldiers in his unit:

"Seale, you were without a doubt one of my best friends during my time in the army. The first man I introduced my soon to be wife to. A brother I could talk about anything to. I think about the good and bad times we had almost daily. The clowning we did, the times we had to be dead serious. You were one of the best soldiers I had the honor to serve with. I'll never forget the day you found out your daughter was born, and we all cheered like we'd just won the World Series in that crappy Iraqi city. I truly loved you like the brother I never had." Ryan Mount of Crooksville, Ohio.

"SSG Seale was a person who would talk to me in the chow hall like a regular person. I wasn't a go along with the group kinda guy if I thought it was a bad idea. This guy was a regular guy, had a small daughter, going through a breakup, working IEDs, and you would never know it by talking to him. All gave some (me) SSG Seale gave all." William Kalal of Siera Vista AZ.

He is survived by a daughter, his parents, and several siblings.

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