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CHARLES RAYFORD SELLERS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1928 – November 16, 1970
Service recordCharles Rayford Sellers, of Jackson, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 65
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Traffic Controller Radar Controller (93J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1928
- Home of record
- Jackson, Alabama (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1970
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 65
- DAVID ALLIE SAIDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
- NORMAN R STODDARD JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1970
- KENNETH DALE ADKINSSergeant · November 17, 1970
- JOSEPH CARTER JRSergeant · November 17, 1970
From Jackson
- RUBIN FLETCHER BRADLEYCaptain · June 29, 1965
- WILLIE JAMES CHAPMANSergeant · May 14, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.