Letters to/from my Congressman - J.D.Hayworth

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Dear Representative Hayworth,

I am writing you in reference to the POW-MIA issue. My question is what is being done to determine the fate of Special Forces SSgt. Leo Earl Seymour-USA, who was last seen with his patrol involved in an intense firefight with a sizable enemy force in the Dale Xow River Valley located in Laos on 7/3/67?

No team member could recall having seen SSgt. Seymour after the initial contact, nor did they hear him at any time. It is not known if he was wounded. Hostile threat in the area of loss precluded any onground inspections of the area while the U.S. maintained a presence in Southeast Asia.

There is no evidence that he was killed and he is known to have been capable of surviving under harsh conditions.

Please advise me of any action that is being taken by you or any other elected or appointed official to determine his fate. In the event there is nothing being done, please explain why not, and tell me how you personally plan to correct this and prevent it from ever happening again.

Thanking you in this matter,

James A. Laux

Dear Representative Hayworth,

First of all, let me thank you for your quick response to my previous letter with questions regarding Laos MIA SSgt Leo Earl Seymour. Of all the elected officials I have written to on this matter, you are the only one that has responded thus far. I knew there was a reason I voted for you. Although the information you provided was most informative, it failed to specifically answer my questions. So, in an effort to resolve this dilemma I reorganized my original questions as follows:

1. What is being done to determine the fate of Special Forces SSgt. Leo Earl Seymour-USA, who was last seen with his patrol involved in an intense fire fight with a sizable enemy force in the Dale Xow River Valley located in Laos on 7/3/67? No team member could recall having seen SSgt. Seymour after the initial contact, nor did they hear him at any time. It is not known if he was wounded. Hostile threat in the area of loss precluded any on ground inspections of the area while the U.S. maintained a presence in Southeast Asia. There is no evidence that he was killed and he is known to have been capable of surviving under harsh conditions.

2. Please advise me of any action that is being taken by you or any other elected or appointed official to determine his fate.

3. In the event there is nothing being done, please explain why not.

4. Also tell me how you personally plan to correct this and prevent it from ever happening again.

SSgt. Leo Earl Seymour answered his country's call; he did not run to Canada, he did not flee to Europe and lambaste us from afar, and he did not collaborate with the enemy. He has earned our undivided attention.

Thanking you in this matter,

James A. Laux