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EUGENE SELDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – June 4, 1970
Service recordEugene Selders, of Independence, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Independence, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 10
- RUSSELL DELMAR SHUESergeant · June 4, 1970
- ANTONIO SILVASpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JRCorporal · June 4, 1970
- ARCADIO TORRESFirst Sergeant · June 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HARLON MARINESpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 8
From Independence
- JAMES JENNINGS JRStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1969
- ELTON WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
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.