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JOSEPH WAYNE SELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1948 – June 20, 1969
Service recordJoseph Wayne Sell JR, of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 100
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairmont, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 100
- JAMES MICHAEL PANKIEWICZSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD PARKERStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1969
- DALE RUSSELL PAVEYSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- JOSE LUIS SALAZARPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
From Fairmont
- EUGENE C SUMMERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITHSergeant · July 2, 1967
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JACK EUGENE GORBEYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 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.