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DAVID SCOTT SELDON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 11, 1949 – September 10, 1969
Service recordDavid Scott Seldon, of Quantico, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Quantico, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 65
- PETER THOMAS LUNDBERGWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGOVERN JRSpecialist Four · September 10, 1969
- GEORGE WILLIAM PEPEWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1969
- JAMES WESLEY SMITHSpecialist Four · September 10, 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.