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JAMES LENVER SELDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – September 16, 1969
Service recordJames Lenver Seldon, of Grenada, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 98
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Grenada, Mississippi (Grenada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 98
- ALFRED GEORGE SAPP SRColonel · September 16, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE SCHMITZSergeant · September 16, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH TRAMPSKIStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
- ELISEO VERGARACorporal · September 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEWIS OGRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 96
- THEODORE WOOD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 99
From Grenada
- SAMMIE LEE WATTPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- LLOYD HENRY KENTSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- EDDIE DEAN GANTLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT AMOSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- STANTON GERALD SARGENTCorporal · April 21, 1971
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.