Passing of a Delta Tau Delta in Iraq
 

I am sad to report the passing of a founding brother of the Theta Tau chapter of Delta Tau Delta here at Moravian College. Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, of the Army's 101st Airborne Division died when live grenades were tossed into tents at the division's command center. He was a 1997 graduate of the college. His wife, Theresa Flowers-Seifert, a founding sister of my ZTA chapter, survives him along with their 4month old baby boy Benjamin.

I am not aware of memorial services if anyone in the Lehigh Valley is a brother of DTD but I do know they are asking in lieu of flowers for donations made in his name to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley.

My prayers go to his family and friends.

Below are two links to the story from our local papers

http://www.pennlive.com/news/express...1840132240.xml

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-...l%2Dnews%2Dhed

My sympathy to his fellow brothers...
Michelle

My condolences to his family and friends. :(


By the way, I was at Moravian last month for a staff visit with the AST chapter there. I really enjoyed my time there, even entertained some thoughts of moving to that area in the future.

My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends -- and to all our troops and their families.

Sorry to hear of this loss.....
 

My prayers go out for the family of Mr. Seifert; particularly for his wife and young child.

We will pray for Brother Seifert and his family -- and all of our other service people.

While I am still trying to decide about this war, I dont like war that simple!!! I will not protest against it as I know there is more to this war than we are being told!

The reason I am not for this war is the fact that WE AS AMERICANS will lose people we know are related to and love.

It is a fact of life, a war brings causualties and death on both sides! That is what I hate. One of the TV prisoners of war is from Kansas, another who was killed is from the KC area in a suburb!

Damn how I hate to lose young Americans no matter what the reason is!

A customer early this morning came in mad as hell, why, because people in NY were protesting against the war. How soon it is forgotten about the Twin Towers at 9/11 and the lives lost.

I hang my head and pray for all of the men and women who are there fighting!:confused:

All those lost in this war are in our thoughts and prayers. Even if you don't agree with this please pray for those that are fighting for us.

May God rest his soul, and watch over his wife and child.

Greek War Deaths
 

At the risk of having a thread for each greek man or woman who dies while fighting in this war, here is the thread to mourn them all. Unfortunately I'm sure we'll have more before this war ends.

Rest in Peace
USMC Corporal Brian Matthew Kennedy, Phi Gamma Delta
Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert,101st Airborne Division, Delta Tau Delta
Capt. Ryan Beaupre, USMC, Sigma Pi

It appears from posts that at least three fraternity men have died in this war.

Considering how relatively few deaths we've had so far, that seems like an unfairly high percentage of our brothers.

How sad.

May he rest in peace
 

I'm so sorry to hear about another soldier's death. :( I'm assuming this is related to the grenade that was allegedly tossed into a tent by another U.S. soldier?

My thoughts and prayers are with Seifert's family and friends, particularly his wife and baby son.

Thank you for starting the memorial thread, OUlioness01.

I'll be praying for these soldiers' families and loved ones today. :(

It seems to me really sad that with a small number of casualities so far, such a disproportionate number of them are Fraternity men.

They, and all of our service people will be revered and greatly missed.

Re: May he rest in peace
 

That is correct. He was a Founding Father of his chapter. There are links to an article above, or on www.delts.org.

Excellent thread......

My thoughts and prayers are with every friend and family member of the fallen soldiers........and every soldier still overseas....

I dont know exactly what you mean by this...but I was getting a little tired of seeing new threads about so and so died from XYZ organization as if the deaths of average citizens are not as bad. My brother happens to be part of the 101st Airborne from Ft. Campbell and he is not greek so statements like that make my blood boil!!!!:mad: Would you rather it be someone elses brother or father!!! WTF!!! You need to have a little more consideration.