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Colonel Robert Seabrook Lindsay
September 8, 1937 ~ July 13, 2017 (age 79) 79 Years Old Light a Candle
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Message from Mark Schiffman
April 26, 2020 11:33 AM
April 26, 2020
It is with shock and great sadness that I just learned of Bob’s passing - some three years after his death. To members of his family, please accept my sincere condolences.
I knew Bob as “Major Lindsay”, as well as Bob, when we were both pursing Master of Engineering degrees (in Transportation) at the University of South Carolina from the fall of 1968 through the beginning of 1970. It was a 1.5 year program.
When we met Bob had recently returned from a tour of duty in Vietnam. I had just graduated from Cornell and had grown up in New York. So we had come from different backgrounds, but we hit it off immediately upon meeting.
Folks, I want you to know that Bob was one heck of a great guy, He was highly intelligent and performed very well academically, was extremely friendly with everyone, and was a very caring person. Here are a few specific remembrances:
- Bob took a course in soils engineering while at SC. His professor was a Chinese America (I don’t remover his name) who had a very heavy accent. Bob admired him greatly for his technical expertise and liked him very much as a person.
- The Vietnamese War was in the forefront of American thoughts and actions back then. So I would often talk to Bob about his experiences. He usually talked about working with the Corps of Engineers to construct bridges throughout Vietnam and how pretty the area was. But what really stuck out was when he talked about how he had engaged in actual combat. He wasn’t happy about it as he said he was there to construct, not to actually fight. But he talked objectively about his experiences in warfare. I remember him telling several of us once about shooting at and “stacking up
like piles of wood” - his actual words - Viet Cong when engaged in a famous period of battles in which hordes and hordes of enemy soldiers tried to overwhelm and overrun US soldiers.
Bob never really talked about himself as a “fighting soldier”. He preferred to be known as an engineer. But what he did when he had to fight was clearly brave and clearly heroic. You all should be extremely proud of him.
- Lastly, as I said, I knew him as a “regular guy”. I remember going out together on a number of Friday nights to a local bar to have a couple of beers. No, it was definitely not to get drunk. It was just to sit and talk, to discuss things about school and the world, and to laugh.
Bob was a truly good man.
When we left the University of South Carolina we went our separate ways. I don’t believe we ever saw each other again. It was just now when I was thinking about things and people in my life that I thought of Bob and Googled him, only to learn of his passing. I am so sorry. I would have loved to have been able to reach out to him and for us to catch up.
Please, again, accept my sincere - although belated - condolences. Bob was a wonderful man.
Mark Schiffman
It is with shock and great sadness that I just learned of Bob’s passing - some three years after his death. To members of his family, please accept my sincere condolences.
I knew Bob as “Major Lindsay”, as well as Bob, when we were both pursing Master of Engineering degrees (in Transportation) at the University of South Carolina from the fall of 1968 through the beginning of 1970. It was a 1.5 year program.
When we met Bob had recently returned from a tour of duty in Vietnam. I had just graduated from Cornell and had grown up in New York. So we had come from different backgrounds, but we hit it off immediately upon meeting.
Folks, I want you to know that Bob was one heck of a great guy, He was highly intelligent and performed very well academically, was extremely friendly with everyone, and was a very caring person. Here are a few specific remembrances:
- Bob took a course in soils engineering while at SC. His professor was a Chinese America (I don’t remover his name) who had a very heavy accent. Bob admired him greatly for his technical expertise and liked him very much as a person.
- The Vietnamese War was in the forefront of American thoughts and actions back then. So I would often talk to Bob about his experiences. He usually talked about working with the Corps of Engineers to construct bridges throughout Vietnam and how pretty the area was. But what really stuck out was when he talked about how he had engaged in actual combat. He wasn’t happy about it as he said he was there to construct, not to actually fight. But he talked objectively about his experiences in warfare. I remember him telling several of us once about shooting at and “stacking up
like piles of wood” - his actual words - Viet Cong when engaged in a famous period of battles in which hordes and hordes of enemy soldiers tried to overwhelm and overrun US soldiers.
Bob never really talked about himself as a “fighting soldier”. He preferred to be known as an engineer. But what he did when he had to fight was clearly brave and clearly heroic. You all should be extremely proud of him.
- Lastly, as I said, I knew him as a “regular guy”. I remember going out together on a number of Friday nights to a local bar to have a couple of beers. No, it was definitely not to get drunk. It was just to sit and talk, to discuss things about school and the world, and to laugh.
Bob was a truly good man.
When we left the University of South Carolina we went our separate ways. I don’t believe we ever saw each other again. It was just now when I was thinking about things and people in my life that I thought of Bob and Googled him, only to learn of his passing. I am so sorry. I would have loved to have been able to reach out to him and for us to catch up.
Please, again, accept my sincere - although belated - condolences. Bob was a wonderful man.
Mark Schiffman
Message from Grant
November 11, 2020 2:55 PM
Mark,
I am now reading this on Veterans Days 2020 and crying my eyes out for your kind words. Robert (Bob) was my step father. Words cannot express how much of a dad he was and still is. Would love to connect with you.
Grant Grizzard
I am now reading this on Veterans Days 2020 and crying my eyes out for your kind words. Robert (Bob) was my step father. Words cannot express how much of a dad he was and still is. Would love to connect with you.
Grant Grizzard
Message from DA Frazier
July 18, 2017 7:40 AM
Please accept my sympathy, may Jehovah be with you at this time of pain. He is the God of comfort. God's word gives us a wonderful hope for our dead loved ones. "I have hope toward God...that there is going to be a resurrection."-Acts 24:15. May this wonderful hope bring you comfort during this difficult time.
Message from joseph p makul
August 29, 2017 7:34 PM
i was so sorry to hear of the passing of colonel robert s lindsay, colonel lindsay was my commanding officer in vietnam, 1967-68, he was captain lindsay the. he was one of the finest gentleman i ever met and it was an honor to serve under him. he said to me every day, "there better be a letter from my wife in that pile" and fortunately for my sake there was. i still remember vividly captain lindsay and co d 46th engr baTALLion long binh vietnam cant believe its been 50 years.
A candle was lit by Karen & Vincent Russo
on July 17, 2017 2:39 PM
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