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JAMES MICHAEL SELIX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1927 – October 30, 1971
Service recordJames Michael Selix, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 56
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 8, 1927
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1971
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 56
- JACK ALLEN GARNESSergeant · October 30, 1971
- DARRELL HOGANStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1971
- ERNIE ROBLES MARTINEZSpecialist Five · October 30, 1971
- ROBERT EDWARD RYAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HARDY EDWARD CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 55
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
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.