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JOHN RAYMOND SELAK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1950 – February 21, 1971
Service recordJohn Raymond Selak, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 129
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 129
- ROGER LEE MAKISpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- RICHARD LEE MARTINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- TERRY LEE NIELSENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES POTTSSergeant · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PETER LINO BARILIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 127
- JAMES PATRICK CALIFFCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 127
- SABINO LARA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 128
- TERRY LEE NIELSENPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 129
- FREDERICK ANTHONY YOUNGCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 130
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.