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DONALD ANTHONY SELKEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1950 – December 22, 1969
Service recordDonald Anthony Selkey JR, of Mt Clemens, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 84
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Mt Clemens, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 84
- JAMES LEE SWAIMSergeant First Class · December 22, 1969
- HARRY FRANKLIN ZALESNY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
- REYNALDO LEON BARRAGAN JRCorporal · December 23, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD FORELance Corporal · December 23, 1969
From Mt Clemens
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- ELMER FRED KEPSELPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
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.