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JACKIE RALPH SELTZER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJackie Ralph Seltzer, of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 13
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Hamburg, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 13
- JOSEPH LOUIS SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- HARRY DUNCAN SISKStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- WILLIAM E SKIVINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES STULLERStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY BOB COENSergeant First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ANDREW JOHNSON CRAVENSergeant First Class · Panel 59E, Line 1
- JAMES RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 2
- JACKIE GLEN LEISUREStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 7
- FREDERICK JOEL RANSBOTTOMMajor · Panel 59E, Line 11
- DANNY LEE WIDNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 12
- JOSEPH LOUIS SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- ROY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 59E, Line 15
From Hamburg
- JOSEPH CLAIR CORRELLStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- RICHARD LOY ETCHBERGERChief Master Sergeant · March 11, 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.