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JOHN JOSEPH SESLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 17, 1947 – July 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Sesler, of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Goodlettsville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 67
- JOAQUIN RAMOS-RAMIREZStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1969
- LORENZO TUGGLEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- JOHN AUGUST WELSFORD JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- SAMUEL LOUIS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
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.