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96th FTS NCO dies
Posted 9/4/2008 Updated 9/4/2008
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from 47th Flying Training Wing public affairs
9/4/2008 - LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- A Laughlin master sergeant assigned to the 96th Flying Training Squadron died of an apparent heart attack Monday night at Val Verde Regional Medical Center.
Services will be held in Columbus, Ohio Monday for Master Sergeant Mark Seward. A memorial service at Laughlin is planned for 4:45 p.m. Sept. 10 in Memorial Plaza. Attendees are asked to be in place by 4:30 p.m.
Sergeant Seward, a Reservist on active duty, was assigned to the 96th FTS as chief of personnel programs, where his squadron commander said his loss is deeply felt.
"Mark was a part of the 96th family of Airmen and epitomized the credo,
Wingman, Leader, Warrior. He loved the Air Force, was an outstanding Airman and will be severely missed. He passed through this life doing what he loved and he and his family will continually be in our hearts, thoughts and prayers," said Lt. Col. Perry Peter, 96th FTS commander.
He entered active duty May 6, 1985 as a personnel specialist and left active duty in 1995 when he entered the Air Force Reserves. Sergeant Seward's past assignments include Randolph and Lackland Air Force Bases; Southwest Asia; George and Beale Air Force Bases, Calif. and Comiso Air Base, Sicily.
Sergeant Seward attended Whetstone High School in Columbus, Ohio. He is also a graduate of the Noncommissioned Officers Academy at Lackland.
Sergeant Seward's military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with one silver oak leaf cluster, Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal with one device and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
He is survived by his wife Lisa Seward and daughter Izabella.
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