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IRVING ALBERT SELF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1934 – May 19, 1964
Service recordIrving Albert Self, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 31, 1934
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1964
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1964. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 52
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- WILLIAM CHESTER OSBORNCaptain · May 5, 1964
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- BILLY DUANE GOODSpecialist Five · May 16, 1964
From Sacramento
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- EDWARD WAYNE BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
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.